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Chinese Takeout : a Novel by Nersesian, Arthur is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Chinese Takeout : a Novel about?

<p><P>From the author of the cult classic <i>The Fuck-Up</i> comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side.<P>Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch&#58; he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur &#151; a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to make his deadline, he navigates among a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, bloodsucking art dealers, his politically active friends, and a haunting addict poet whose life is more out of control than Or's own.<P>Nersesian's prose is sparkling and hypnotic in this brutal and comic story that will make you wonder if life and art are two different things.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Nersesian (The Fuck-Up; Manhattan Loverboy) weaves a heartfelt, tragicomic bohemian romance with echoes of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orloff Trenchant is the quintessential starving artist, leading a hand-to-mouth existence as he struggles to make his mark on the cutthroat New York gallery scene. Dumped by his artist

Who reads Chinese Takeout : a Novel?

Author

Nersesian, Arthur

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060548827

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor

Rating

3.8 / 5 (1,066 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14