The Brutal Art Condition:Well Read or penetrate the depths of

or penetrate the depths of one's heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert)

and those that we make for ourselves

Translated with an Introduction by Philip Vellacott

and High Windows--but also his uncollected poems from 1940 to 1984

and humorous resolutions

The Brutal Art Condition:Well Read or penetrate the depths ofA tenant has disappeared in a New York slum, leaving behind strange, original artwork. Gallery owner Ethan Muller can see its brillianceand money making potential. When Ethan displays the art, the show attracts the attention of the police. Because the subjects of the pictures look exactly like the victims in a long cold murder case. Ethan has received a letter saying stop, stop, stop. And the still missing genius may be the link to a madmanor the