Ark

An unforgettable literary novel about genius, family, and the high cost of creation, Ark follows an uncompromising artist whose life's work-and fractured family-collide as questions of legacy, love, and immortality become impossible to ignore. Darkly funny, emotionally rich, and deeply humane, Ark explores what remains after a lifetime spent chasing greatness.

At eighty-three, legendary but commercially unsuccessful artist Ben "Ark" Arkin refuses to slow down. Living in a sprawling SoHo loft...