· Overview. Named one of the Best Books of by Refinery A hypnotic, wildly inventive novel about art, violence, and endurance. Alice Knott lives alone, a reclusive heiress haunted by memories of her deceased parents and mysterious near-identical brother. Much of her family’s fortune has been spent on a world-class collection of artwork, which she stores in a vault in her lonely, Brand: Penguin Publishing Group. · With his upcoming novel Alice Knott, Butler also reaffirms that he is our premier provider of cursed art. Alice Knott begins with a video of the burning of Willem de Kooning’s painting Woman III, which is owned by our titular protagonist. Alice Knott is an art collector and the filthy rich heiress to a family fortune, living alone in an obscenely big house and slowly losing her www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. · ALICE KNOTT. By Blake Butler. Blake Butler’s fourth novel opens with a surreal scene, caught on video, in which a real piece of art is being systematically obliterated: Two anonymous figures Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
"Alice Knott is a thrilling, subversive novel, part fever dream, part high-culture acid trip, part dystopian masterpiece. A dazzling, dangerous book." — Christopher Bollen "Blake Butler is one of our most fearless insurgents against the numbing flow of contemporary life. "Alice Knott" by Blake Butler. Penguin Randomhouse / Contributed photo / Show More Show Less 2 of 5 "Alice Knott" is a puzzling novel about memory, art and trauma by Blake Butler. ALICE KNOTT. By Blake Butler. Riverhead, July 7, A troubled, reclusive heiress, Alice Knott lives alone, haunted by memories of her deceased parents and mysterious, near-identical brother. Much of her fortune has been spent on a world-class collection of artwork, which she stores in a vault in her lonely, cavernous house.
Overview. Named one of the Best Books of by Refinery A hypnotic, wildly inventive novel about art, violence, and endurance. Alice Knott lives alone, a reclusive heiress haunted by memories of her deceased parents and mysterious near-identical brother. Much of her family’s fortune has been spent on a world-class collection of artwork, which she stores in a vault in her lonely, cavernous house. Alice Knott is a novel by American author Blake Butler. The novel concerns the theft and destruction of a painting collection and its impact on the painting's original owner, the titular Alice Knott. In The Nation, Brooks Sterritt wrote that the book " resonates so strongly with life under lockdown ", though noting that the book was completed before the pandemic. With his upcoming novel Alice Knott, Butler also reaffirms that he is our premier provider of cursed art. Alice Knott begins with a video of the burning of Willem de Kooning’s painting Woman III, which is owned by our titular protagonist. Alice Knott is an art collector and the filthy rich heiress to a family fortune, living alone in an obscenely big house and slowly losing her mind.
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