{"id":21810,"title":"Close to the Knives","dimensions":"19.8 x 12.9 cm, 288 p., language : English, publisher : Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, ISBN : 978-1-78689-027-6, edition 2017","date_begin":"1991-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"artist's novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2030/297","stream_count_app":10,"permalink":"close-to-the-knives","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/047/899/medium_500/close_to_the_knives.jpeg?1566493384","cached_actor_names":"David Wojnarowicz","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Artist Novel","nl":"Artist Novel","fr":"Artist Novel"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/047/899/large/close_to_the_knives.jpeg?1566493384","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eClose to the Knives\u003c/i\u003e, David Wojnarowicz gives us an important and timely document: a collection of creative essays \u0026mdash; a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the \u0026ldquo;Fear of Diversity in America.\u0026rdquo; From the author\u0026rsquo;s violent childhood in suburbia to eventual homelessness on the streets and piers of New York City, to recognition as one of the most provocative artists of his generation \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eClose to the Knives\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003eis his powerful and iconoclastic memoir. Street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance: Wojnarowicz challenges us to examine our lives \u0026mdash; politically, socially, emotionally, and aesthetically.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/193049/close-to-the-knives-by-david-wojnarowicz/9780679732273/\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":3651,"name":"David Wojnarowicz","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}