{"product_id":"utopia-by-heidi-sopinka-9781922310453","title":"Utopia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's okay for men to make bad art. There's no price on their head for doing it ... Nothing for men is pre-determined, except their chance at great success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles, 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Romy, a gifted young artist in the male-dominated art scene of 1970s California, dies in suspicious circumstances, it is not long before her art-star husband Billy finds a replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaz, fresh out of art school in New York, returns to California to take her place. But she is haunted by Romy, who is everywhere—in the photos and notebooks and art strewn around the house, and in the eyes of the baby she left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Paz attempts to claim her creative life, strange things begin to happen. Photographs move, noises reverberate through the house, people start to question what really happened the night Romy died, and then a postcard in her handwriting arrives. As Paz becomes increasingly obsessed with the woman she has replaced, a disturbing picture begins to emerge, driving her deep into the desert—the site of Romy's final artwork—to uncover the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt once an exquisite exploration of creativity and an atmospheric page-turner, \u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that takes hold of you and will leave you altered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"These brilliant and bold artists explode off the page as they try to transcend the boundaries of the material world in their work. But the most dangerous waters they must navigate are those of the male-dominated world of the 1970s, which erases their art and identities. Sopinka explores the minefield that is loving men in an oppressively patriarchal world. And she captures the volatility and power of female friendships, and the uncharted maps of women's untameable artistic drives.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Heather O'Neill, author of \u003cem\u003eWhen We Lost Our Heads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"With tense and glittering writing, Heidi Sopinka's \u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e blasts the dry desert sun onto the lives and afterlives of a circle of Californian artists, the women they are and the women they love. This is a thrilling book about artistic inheritance, jealousies, and affinities.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Leanne Shapton, author of \u003cem\u003eGuestbook\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e is a marvel. Vividly beguiling on art, love, and what it means to be alive, every page thrums with magic.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Sophie Mackintosh, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083054694636,"sku":"9781922310453","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11515653482872.jpg?v=1765280235","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/utopia-by-heidi-sopinka-9781922310453","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}