{"product_id":"minor-black-figures-isbn-9780593332368","title":"Minor Black Figures","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom “literary superstar” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) and Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, his “most accomplished novel” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e): the story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter attending a dubious show put on by a collective of careerist artists, he retreats to a bar in the West Village where he meets Keating, a former seminarian. Over the long summer, as the two get to know each another, they talk and argue about God, sex, and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, at his job working for an art restorer, Wyeth begins to investigate the life and career of a forgotten, minor black artist. His search yields potential answers to questions that Wyeth is only now beginning to ask about what it means to be a black artist making black art amid the mess and beauty of life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he did so brilliantly in the Booker Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eReal Life\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Late Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, Brandon Taylor brings alive a captivating set of characters, this time at work and at play in the competitive art world. \u003ci\u003eMinor Black Figures\u003c\/i\u003e is a vividly etched portrait, both sweeping and tender, of friendship, creativity, belief, and the deep connections among them.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMinor Black Figures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most perfect books I’ve ever read.” —\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taylor’s most accomplished novel — a sustained, idiosyncratic portrait of an artist.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A meditative, illuminating portrait of friendship and competition, belief systems and the connections between us all.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—People \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brandon Taylor is a literary superstar … Taylor’s third novel [is] a smart and soulful exploration set in the world of art (both contemporary and historical). The book deftly explores race and sexuality, religion and community, and the way love can change a life.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"There is a reason every new Brandon Taylor book is a major literary occasion. . . Taylor tackles politics, love, religion, and the New York City art world with a depth of complication that still feels incisive. . .[He] forges perhaps the most compelling story of life under the weight of opinion and perception that I've read.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Taylor is one of the most emotionally perceptive fiction writers working today, and his third novel, set in the New York art world, is his best.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“While considering the place of Blackness in an art world entranced by the white gaze, Brandon Taylor’s \u003ci\u003eMinor Black Figures \u003c\/i\u003esimultaneously paints a compelling portrait of a deeply intelligent and inquisitive artist.”\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dazzling. . . a poetic meditation on Black art, friendship, young love and intimacy.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sharp, resonant novel about a young Black gay painter adrift in New York who spends one life-changing summer grappling with questions of faith, desire, and creative purpose.”—\u003cb\u003eBustle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brandon Taylor is always a must-read, and his newest, \u003ci\u003eMinor Black Figures\u003c\/i\u003e, is another masterpiece… It’s a moving, thoughtful take on friendship, love, and art.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“What I most enjoyed while reading this book was the sense of connection and quietude in my mind as I read. Everything was deliberate, crafted with great care, and infused with life.”— \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A brilliant and bold study of racial conflict within art, the white gaze and the Black body, and the messy, traumatic ways people sacrifice for art and life.”\u003cb\u003e—Library Journal, STARRED review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mesmerizingly detailed. . .this novel of ideas about art, selfhood, and faith is also a romance, a friendship story, and an enjoyable slice of one hazy Manhattan summer.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Contemplative and sensuous [with]… the shape of a romance… Taylor is onto something rich and appealing—a story unafraid to foreground love and lust, and that treats emotional ambiguity as a starting point, not as the fuzzy ending common in literary fiction. A piercing, precise, and affecting tale of young love and high art.”—\u003cb\u003eKirkus, STARRED review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Brandon Taylor is without a doubt our laureate of hyper-intelligent yearning—nobody does it better.”\u003cb\u003e—LitHub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"There's much to admire in this portrait of an artist in flux.\"\u003cb\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\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. 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