Close to the Knives

I am glad I am alive to witness these things; giving words to this life of sensations is a relief. Smell the flowers while you can. Close to the Knives is the artist, writer and activist David Wojnarowicz's extraordinary memoir. Filthy, beautiful, and sharp to the point of piercing, it is both an exploration of the world seen through the eyes of an artist, and a moving portrait of a generation living, grieving, and dying through the AIDS crisis. It is a triumphant hymn of resistance, and a dizzying celebration of the joys of seeing and living in the world.

Product details

• Authors: Olivia Laing, David Wojnarowicz, Wojnarowicz David
• Assisted by: Olivia Laing (Introduction), Laing Olivia (Introduction)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781786890276
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-027-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: The Canons; Canons
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; New York, 20th Century, Memoirs, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / American / General, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs