The Bowl Is Already Broken
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Picador
Published: March 21, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780312424985
Subjects: Literary; Fiction / General; General; Fiction; Fiction - General; Art, Asian; Collectors and collecting; Pregnant women; Women museum directors
First sentence: When the dust settled, there was only dust, and the Chinese bowl rested in pieces at the bottom of the museum steps.