The Suicide of Claire Bishop

by Carmiel Banasky

Book Overview

Greenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait--a gift from her husband--only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is Claire's suicide. Haunted by the painting, Claire is forced to redefine herself within a failing marriage and a family history of madness. Shifting ahead to 2004, we meet West, a young man with schizophrenia obsessed with a painting he encounters in a gallery: a mysterious image of a woman's suicide. Convinced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938103084
• ISBN13: 9781938103087
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Dzanc Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"