Happiness and Love: A Novel

Phoebe Ward

“A continuous, one-paragraph inner monologue of a young writer attending a wake dinner hosted by her New York artist friends. It's a satire criticizing status-seeking elites of the art world. This book had me agonizing over what literature is supposed to "do." I felt like I was in college again. What IS a "writer"? What IS an "artist"? Are narratives not LIES? What is the responsibility of the "art”

bella

“★★★★★ devourable, scathing read of nyc's downtown artist class. dubno has an incredible sense of observation - i felt like i was in the room (i have been before, which maybe is why it hits so hard)”

Anja Tyson

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