{"product_id":"minor-black-figures-paperback","title":"Minor Black Figures - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrandon Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author: a perceptive novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his part-time work for an art restorer is engaging, Wyeth suffers from artist's block with his painting and he is finding it increasingly difficult to spark his creativity. When he meets Keating, a white former seminarian who left the priesthood, Wyeth begins to reconsider how to observe the world, in the process facing questions about the conflicts between Black and white art, the white gaze on the Black body, and the compromises we make - in art and in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he did so adeptly in Booker finalist \u003ci\u003eReal Life\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Late Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Brandon Taylor brings to life in \u003ci\u003eMinor Black Figures\u003c\/i\u003e a fascinating set of characters, this time in the competitive art world, and the lives they lead with each and on their own. \u003ci\u003eMinor Black Figures\u003c\/i\u003e is an involving and tender portrait of friendship, creativity, and the connections between them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrandon Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Late Americans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReal Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and a Science + Literature Selected Title by the National Book Foundation. His collection \u003ci\u003eFilthy Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, a national bestseller, was awarded The Story Prize and shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154306072639,"sku":"9798217168996","price":37.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/21ggb_jrJP9798217168996.webp?v=1776955611","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/minor-black-figures-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}