{"product_id":"night-blue-by-angela-okeeffe-9781925760675","title":"Night Blue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2022: UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePotent, haunting and lyrical, \u003cem\u003eNight Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a debut novel like no other, a narrative largely told in the voice of the painting Blue Poles. It is a truly original and absorbing approach to revisiting Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner as artists and people, as well as realigning our ideas around the cultural legacy of Whitlam's purchase of \u003cem\u003eBlue Poles\u003c\/em\u003e in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the story of Alyssa, and a contemporary relationship, in which Angela O'Keeffe immerses us in the essential power of art to change our personal lives and, by turns, a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving between New York and Australia with fluid ease, \u003cem\u003eNight Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is intimate and tender, yet surprisingly dramatic. It is a glorious exploration of how art must never be undervalued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Intimate, sublime, this work shines.' - Favel Parrett, author of \u003cem\u003ePast the Shallows\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThere Was Still Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Intelligent and poignant, \u003cem\u003eNight Blue\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the boundaries between language and art in a delicious tour de force. I found it impossible to put down.' - Mette Jakobsen, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat the Light Hides\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Vanishing Act\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Miraculous ... O'Keeffe gets under the skin of a painting we all thought we knew, giving it agency and voice, releasing a spirit that is by turns dreamlike, tender and ruthlessly true.' - Michael Fitzgerald, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Pacific Room\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePiet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713099059436,"sku":"9781925760675","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17932083482873.jpg?v=1754317467","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/night-blue-by-angela-okeeffe-9781925760675","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}