A raw, cerebral work devoted to the inextricability of pleasure and pain, and to the question of what role, if any, aesthetic beauty can play in times of great heartache or grief.

Published in the UK for the first time, this is a thoughtful, visceral memoir about the author's lifelong obsession with the colour blue. 'Maggie Nelson is one of the most electrifying writers at work in America today...' Olivia Laing, "Guardian"