{"product_id":"justine-iben-mondrup-9781940953489","title":"Justine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"When Mondru's prose is ablaze, cruising around with her inside a bruised and beaten artist's soul is a veritable party. . . . By God she's a great prose stylist full of character.\"--\u003ci\u003ePolitiken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanish Women Writers Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStylistically provocative, \u003ci\u003eJustine\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young female artist whose life is upended when her house burns down with all of the artworks for her upcoming exhibit inside. With little time left to recreate every-thing she's lost, Justine embarks on a series of sexual escapades with a sort of doomed intensity that foreshadows the novel's final, dark twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough flashbacks and fragmented memories, we see Justine as a student at the Art Academy first discovering the misogynistic order that rules the Danish art world, and later on as she constantly challenges its expectations--both in the studio and in bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA personal meditation on artistic identity, creative process, and the male-dominated art scene, the novel veers between the erotic and the savage, resulting in a spellbinding read from one of Denmark's edgiest contemporary feminist writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIben Mondrup\u003c\/b\u003e is a trained visual artist from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts who is also the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eJustine\u003c\/i\u003e, its sequel, and \u003ci\u003eGodhavn\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerri A. Pierce \u003c\/b\u003ehas published translations from seven different languages in a variety of genres--fiction and nonfiction, novel and short story. Her translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am \u003c\/i\u003eby Kjersti A. Skomsvold was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iben Mondrup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940953480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2016 pg. 23","brand":"Iben Mondrup","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937711063295,"sku":"9781940953489","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f65052d6-c665-4feb-9ac7-0d0e9c435ed2.jpg?v=1681431580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/justine-iben-mondrup-9781940953489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}