** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 **A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard's quest to find solace and meaning in art'Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist - but by a museum guard?' Sunday TimesWhen Patrick’s older ...

New York Times bestsellerNamed one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, the Financial Times, the New York Post, Book Riot, and The Sunday Times (London).An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press) portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum gu...

「關於一個驚人場所的驚人之書」，一位身懷哀慟的迷惘者、一座宏偉博物館，交織出動人、風趣、充滿美的頓悟又療癒的故事作者曾任職於《紐約客》雜誌，卻在大都會藝術博物館從事警衛工作十年，在這潛藏於偉大藝術館藏的生活中，與各式各樣的人相遇，他筆下各種人物活靈活現、藝術展品在其引導下躍於紙上，不僅感受美的悸動，也在作者自我療傷及成長的過程中，一起開出生命的新篇章。每年都有好幾百萬人攀登宏偉的大理石階梯，拜訪美國大都會藝術博物館，但只有少數人可以自由穿梭於博物館的各個角落和縫隙。這些人是博物館警衛，身著深藍色制服，低調地走動，小心看守占地近二十萬平方公尺的寶庫。派翠克・布林利在《紐約客》雜誌擁有令人羨慕的第一份工作，不曾想過自己有一天會成為他們的一員。後來他的哥哥患了無法治癒的癌症，令他想要從凡俗日常的喧噪中逃脫，於是他辭去《紐約客》的工作，到他所知最美的地方尋求安慰。本來只是暫時的避難所，後來卻有如自己的家般待了十年，這出乎布林利的意料，對讀者來說則是件幸運的事。我們跟隨他守護來自埃及與羅馬等地的精緻寶藏，...

Brought to you by Penguin.Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny.They're the guards in dark blue suits, keeping careful watch over this vast treasure house. Caught up in the early days of a glamorous journalism career, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his brother was diagnosed wi...

La conmovedora historia de un vigilante de museo que encuentra consuelo y significado en su día a día entre los pasillos del Museo Metropolitano de Arte. Una obra imprescindible para los amantes del arte.Millones de personas suben cada año la gran escalinata de mármol para visitar el Museo Metropolitano de Arte, pero solo una privilegiada minoría tiene acceso ilimitado a todos sus rincones y recovecos: son los vigilantes, que deambulan discretamente en trajes azul ...