Publisher's Synopsis
10,000 print run Multiple award winner Speaks to an international audience because the book deals with philosophies underpinning both contemporary art and Taoist thought First English edition by award-winning translator Hester Velmans The book's strong Ban Jan Ader theme fits with current art-world trends to revisit this legendary Dutch artist's performance works and consider his suicidal masterwork "In Search of the Miraculous" Sold over 30,000 copies in Holland and has been translated into French (Actes Sud 2016), German (Suhrkamp 2016) and Czech (Kniha Zlín 2017)Awards Winner of the Anton Wachter Prize 2014 for best first novel Winner of the Opzij Prize Winner of the Lucy B. & C.W. van der Hoogt Prize Shortlisted for the Libris Prize and the Golden Book Owl, the two most important Dutch and Flemish literary awards Winner of Reader's Choice Award Golden Book Owl.
