{"product_id":"blue-self-portrait-9781945492105","title":"Blue Self-Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndie Next Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A probing, wild, and fascinating novel.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a flight from Berlin to Paris, a woman haunted by composer Arnold Schoenberg's self-portrait reflects on her romantic encounter with a pianist. Obsessive, darkly comic, and full of angst, \u003ci\u003eBlue Self-Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds among Berlin's cultural institutions, but is located in the mid-air flux between contrary impulses, with repetitions and variations that explore the possibilities and limitations of art, history, and connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoémi Lefebvre\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1964 and lives in Lyon. She studied music for over 10 years as a child and later obtained her Ph.D. on the subject of music education and national identity in Germany and France. She became a political scientist at CERAT de Grenoble II Institute. She is the author of three novels, all of which have garnered intense critical success in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary editor and translator from French and Portuguese into English. She has translated Stendhal, Jules Verne, Marcel Aymé, Violette Leduc, Emmanuelle Pagano, and João Gilberto Noll, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567475527954,"sku":"9781945492105","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f99403a2-3ee0-4033-8bfe-6ed539d4baa8.jpg?v=1731920261","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blue-self-portrait-9781945492105","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}