# Optic Nerve

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- Book: [Optic Nerve](https://www.bookquiver.com/maria-gainza/optic-nerve) ([Optic Nerve.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/maria-gainza/optic-nerve.md))
- Authors: [Maria Gainza](https://www.bookquiver.com/maria-gainza)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Translated by: Thomas Bunstead
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7354-978-4
- Published: 2019-01-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

‘A highly original, piercingly beautiful work, full of beautiful shocks… I felt like a door had been kicked open in my brain’ Johanna Thomas-Corr, Observer A woman searches Buenos Aires for the paintings that are her inspiration and her refuge. Her life -- she is a young mother with a complicated family -- is sometimes overwhelming. But among the canvases, often little-known works in quiet rooms, she finds clarity and a sense of who she is . . . 'I was reminded of John Berger's Ways of Seeing , enfolded in tender and exuberant personal narratives' Claire-Louise Bennett 'This woman-guide, who goes from Lampedusa to The Doors with crushing elegance, is unforgettable' Mariana Enriquez 'A dazzling combination of memoir, fiction and art book, like nothing you’ve ever read before’ Elle