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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE

Heather Rose

Winner of the 2017 Stella Prize. A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection - a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in modern history, Marina Abramovic's The Artist is Present.

Arky Levin is a film composer in New York separated from his wife, who has asked him to keep one devastating promise. One day he finds his way to The Atrium at MOMA and sees Marina Abramovic in The Artist is Present. The performance continues for seventy-five days and, as it unfolds, so does Arky. As he watches and meets other people drawn to the exhibit, he slowly starts to understand what might be missing in his life and what he must do. This dazzlingly original novel asks beguiling questions about the nature of art, life and love and finds a way to answer them. The Museum of Modern Love is the 2017 winner of the Stella Prize for the best book (fiction or non-fiction) written by an Australian woman. It won the 2017 Christina Stead Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and the Margaret Scott Prize and the People's Choice in the Tasmanian Premier's Prizes. It was also shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society medal and the Queensland Premier's Prizes. It is longlisted for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award. Heather lives by the sea in Tasmania. Her idea of a perfect day is one that involves writing, swimming, painting and laughing.

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Book Published 2016-09-01 by Allen & Unwin

Comments

A testament to art as a life-changing force.

This is a weirdly beautiful book.

Framing a love story around a long-durational performance work, where the passage of time is essential, is a profoundly original idea. I loved this book.

MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE has won the 2017 Stella Prize

Museum of Modern Love has also been shortlisted for the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal. The ALS Gold Medal is awarded annually by ASAL for a ‘work of outstanding literary merit’ published in the previous calendar year and will be awarded in July.

One of my stand-out Australian reads from 2016 was undoubtedly The Museum of Modern Love… It is a glorious novel, meditative and special in a way that defies easy articulation.

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE has been named an 'Amazon US Best Book of December 2018'

US: Algonquin Greek: Psichogios Publications Hebrew: Modan Chinese Simplified: Lijiang Publishing Korean: Hankyoreh Catalan: Editorial Les Hores

Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.

Heather has been in New York for the release of MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE, launched in the Atrium of MOMA with Marina Abramovic present. All very exciting! The New York Times published this piece: An Artist Who Explores Emotional Pain Inspires a Novel That Does the Same... Read more...