{"product_id":"the-iceberg-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Iceberg: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarion Coutts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The work of an exceptional woman artist, writing from the inside about the things women have always done: nursing, nurturing, loving.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Wellcome Book Prize, and finalist for every major nonfiction award in the UK, including the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Costa Biography Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Iceberg\u003c\/i\u003e is artist and writer Marion Coutts' astonishing memoir; an \"adventure of being and dying\" and a compelling, poetic meditation on family, love, and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, Tom Lubbock, the chief art critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e was diagnosed with a brain tumor. \u003ci\u003eThe Iceberg\u003c\/i\u003e is his wife, Marion Coutts', fierce, exquisite account of the two years leading up to his death. In spare, breathtaking prose, Coutts conveys the intolerable and, alongside their two-year-old son Ev--whose language is developing as Tom's is disappearing--Marion and Tom lovingly weather the storm together. In short bursts of exquisitely textured prose, The Iceberg becomes a singular work of art and an uplifting and universal story of endurance in the face of loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Coutts\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and writer. She works in sculpture, film and video and has exhibited widely nationally and internationally, including the Foksal Gallery, Warsaw; Yorkshire Sculpture Park; and the Wellcome Collection, London. She has held fellowships at Kettle¹s Yard, Cambridge and Tate Liverpool. She is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College. She lives in London with her son. This is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63361946976337,"sku":"9780802124609","price":18.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/WvmBPPfdnd9780802124609.webp?v=1793444000","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/the-iceberg-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}