{"product_id":"vivienne-9781648211485","title":"Vivienne","description":"\"One of the year's most impressive debuts.\"\u003cb\u003e--David Gutowski, \u003ci\u003e LargeheartedBoy.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A skin-crawling drama about three generations of women and their relationships to one another. . . a satirical comedy that is at its core a book of poetry, or literary art.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eArtnet\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Did Vivienne Volker Kill Wilma Lang? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This question has dogged Vivienne ever since Wilma jumped from a window to her death shortly after Volker stole her lover, the visionary artist Hans Bellmer, in the 1970s. Once a famous artist and fashion icon, Volker is now in her eighties and spends her days in religious contemplation in rural Pennsylvania alongside her daughter Velour Bellmer, her granddaughter Vesta Furio, her much younger boyfriend--a garbageman named Lou--and Franz, the family dog. Their quiet lives are disrupted when Vivienne's work is selected for inclusion in a high-profile retrospective called \"Forgotten Women Surrealists\" at the prestigious NAT Museum. However, when rumors of her past misdeeds begin to circulate and she is dropped from the show, a gallery curator enters the picture hoping to capitalize on the buzz generated by the controversy, sending the family's tensions, hopes, and dreams to a dizzying peak. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set over the course of a fateful week, \u003ci\u003eVivienne\u003c\/i\u003e deftly weaves surreal prose with a Greek chorus of internet comments and text messages, to ask the questions: what is the cost of vision, what is the price of art? What connects creation and procreation, a life and an afterlife?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12247320\"\u003eEmmalea Russo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648211485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1648211488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmalea Russo\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and astrologer. Her books of poetry are \u003ci\u003eG\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWave Archive, Confetti, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMagenta\u003c\/i\u003e. Recent work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eArtforum, BOMB, Spike Art Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458752753901,"sku":"9781648211485","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_5d7c36c7-ca43-4f73-b65a-310e195cbb13.jpg?v=1753618735","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/vivienne-9781648211485","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}