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'One of my stand-out Australian reads from 2016 . . . A glorious novel, meditative and special' Hannah Kent, author of BURIAL RITES Arky Levin, a film composer in New York, has promised his wife that he will not visit her in hospital, where she is suffering in the final stages of a terminal illness. She wants to spare him a burden that would curtail his creativity, but the promise is tearing him apart. One day he finds his way to MOMA and sees Mariana Abramovic in The Artist is Present . The performance continues for seventy-five days and, as it unfolds, so does Arky. As he watches and meets other people drawn to the exhibit, he slowly starts to understand what might be missing in his life and what he must do.
About the author
Heather Rose is the author of eight novels including The Museum of Modern Love. The Museum of Modern Love has been published internationally and translated into numerous languages. It was launched in the US at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. In Australia it is being adapted for the stage. In Australia it was the 2017 winner of the Stella Prize for the best book (fiction or non-fiction) written by an Australian woman. It also won the Christina Stead Prize and the Margaret Scott Prize. It was shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society medal and longlisted for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award.
Heather's other novels for adults are: The River Wife (2009), The Butterfly Man (2005) and White Heart (1999). For children Heather writes with Danielle Wood under the pen-name Angelica Banks. Their novels are: Finding Serendipity (2013), A Week Without Tuesday (2015) and Blueberry Pancakes Forever (2016) and are also published internationally.
Heather's next novel will be published in Australia in October 2019.
Heather lives by the sea on the island of Tasmania.
