{"product_id":"past-imperfect-grisha-bruskin-9780815609018","title":"Past Imperfect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a soviet underground artist, Grisha Bruskin was propelled to prominence after the unprecedented success of his paintings at the Sotheby Moscow auction of 1988. Since then his work has been exhibited all over the world at the Guggenheim, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Jewish Museum in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePast Imperfect \u003c\/i\u003edeftly captures the artist's experiences as a Jew in Russia, the reality of life in an empire permeated by ideology, and the centrality of family. Saturated with insight and irony, each story offers a small vignette of Bruskin's life. Photographs throughout the book create a distinct dialogue between word and image. Alice Nakhimovsky's elegant translation conveys Bruskin's sharp wit and strong style, superbly rendering P\u003ci\u003east Imperfect \u003c\/i\u003ein English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grisha Bruskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815609019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815609018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.41w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 230","brand":"Grisha Bruskin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44159224479999,"sku":"9780815609018","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_befee284-f7b4-443e-85df-f892a5820da2.jpg?v=1689081338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/past-imperfect-grisha-bruskin-9780815609018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}