All the beauty in the world the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2023].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 PDF disc
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2023].
Format
CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226).
Participants/Performers
Read by the author.
Description
Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew. To his surprise and the reader's delight, this temporary refuge becomes Bringley's home away from home for a decade. We follow him as he guards delicate treasures from Egypt to Rome, strolls the labyrinths beneath the galleries, wears out nine pairs of company shoes, and marvels at the beautiful works in his care. Bringley enters the museum as a ghost, silent and almost invisible, but soon finds his voice and his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the lively subculture of museum guards -- a gorgeous mosaic of artists, musicians, blue-collar stalwarts, immigrants, cutups, and dreamers. As his bonds with his colleagues and the art grow, he comes to understand how fortunate he is to be walled off in this little world, and how much it resembles the best aspects of the larger world to which he gradually, gratefully returns.
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Compact discs.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bringley, P. (2023). All the beauty in the world: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me (Unabridged.). Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bringley, Patrick. 2023. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me. Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bringley, Patrick. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bringley, Patrick. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Unabridged., Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023.
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