“OnlysomeonewhodeeplylovesandunderstandstheMetropolitanMuseumcoulddeliversuchmadcap,funny,magical,tender,intimatefablesandstories.“--MairaKalman,artistandbestsellingauthorofThePrinciplesofUncertaintyFromawriterwhoworkedattheMetropolitanMuseumformorethantwenty-fiveyears,anenchantingnovelthatshowsustheMetthatthepublicdoesn’tsee.HiddenbehindthePicassosandVermeers,theTempleofDendurandtheAmericanWing,existsanotherworld:thehallwaysandoffices,conservationstudios,storerooms,andcafeteriathatarehometothemuseum’sdevotedandpeculiarstaffof2,200people--alongwithafewghosts.AsurreallovelettertothisprivatesideoftheMet,MetropolitanStoriesunfoldsinaseriesofamusingandpoignantvignettesinwhichwediscoverlarger-than-lifecharacters,thedownsideofsurvival,andthepowerfulvoicesoftheartitself.Theresultisanovelburstingwithmagic,humor,andenergeticdetail,butalsoabeautifulbookaboutintrospection,anodetoliveslivedforart,ultimatelybuildingapowerfulcollageofhumanexperienceandtheworldoftheimagination.
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