{"product_id":"the-artist-of-the-missing-9780374525804","title":"The Artist of the Missing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting novel, \u003ci\u003e The Artist of the Missing\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning debut from Paul La Farge, both a richly imagined evocation of another world and a piercing examination of the mystery of love--beautifully illustrated by the acclaimed artist Stephen Alcorn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank, a young artist, arrives in the city hoping to unravel the mystery of his parents' disappearance. He begins working as a washer of robes at a hotel for itinerant judges. There he meets and falls in love with Prudence, a forensic photographer whose pictures reveal the secrets of the dead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Prudence disappears, Frank sets out in search of her, a quest that leads him into the shadowy world of a revolutionary salon, then to prison, and finally to discover the city's strange secrets and the secrets of his own heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA visionary novel about love, loss, imagination, and despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul La Farge \u003c\/b\u003e(1970 - 2023) was the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Artist of the Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHaussmann, or the Distinction, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuminous Airplanes, The Night Ocean, \u003c\/i\u003e and a book of imaginary dreams, \u003ci\u003eThe Facts of Winter.\u003c\/i\u003e His novels and stories \"defied easy categorization\", according to the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction and nonfiction appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarper's, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's, Conjunctions, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, Bookforum, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. He lived in upstate New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Alcorn\u003c\/b\u003e studied printmaking in Italy and illustrated the Modern Library series. He is the 1998 recipient of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323785318674,"sku":"9780374525804","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d344a29-fe2a-4940-8474-b0ac4e37e3fe.jpg?v=1727661318","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-artist-of-the-missing-9780374525804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}