{"product_id":"blue-nude-a-novel-9780345442222","title":"Blue Nude: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this sensual  intimate novel  prizewinning poet and bestselling author Elizabeth Rosner tells the engrossing and timely story of an artist and his model  and the moral and political implications of their relationship.  Born in the shadow of postwar Germany  Danzig is a once-prominent painter who now teaches at an art institute in San Francisco. But while Danzig shares wisdom and technique with students  his own canvases remain mysteriously empty. When a compelling new model named Merav poses for his class  Danzig  unsettled by her beauty  senses that she may be the muse he has been waiting for.  The Israeli-born granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor  Merav is a former art student who discovered her abilities as a model while studying in Tel Aviv. To escape the danger and violence of the Middle East  she moved to California  where she found work posing for artists around the Bay Area. Now challenged by Danzigs German accent and the menace it suggests  Merav must decide how to overcome her fears. Before they can create anything new together  both artist and model are forced to examine the history they carry.  Like a paintbrush in motion  Blue Nude moves back and forth through time  recounting the events that have brought Danzig and Merav together: their disparate upbringings  their creative awakenings  and their similarly painful  often catastrophic  love lives. The novel ultimately unites them in the present and  through the transcendent power of artistic expression  moves them forward to the point of reconciliation  redemption  and revival.  Using words to paint the landscapes of body and soul  Elizabeth Rosner conveys the art of survival  the complexity of history  the form of exile  the shape of desire  and the color of intimacy. Blue Nude is the narrative equivalent of a masterpiece of fine art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923642023989,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345442229","price":26.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345442222.jpg?v=1794110029","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/blue-nude-a-novel-9780345442222","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}