The Body Artist
| Author | Don DeLillo |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 6 Feb 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 128 (hardback first edition) |
| ISBN | 0-7432-0395-X |
| OCLC | 44676019 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3554.E4425 B63 2001 |
The Body Artist is a novella written in 2001 by Don DeLillo. It explores the grieving process of a young performance artist, Lauren Hartke, following the suicide of her significantly older husband. The novella is sometimes described as a ghost story due to the appearance of an enigmatic figure that Lauren discovers hiding in an upstairs room of the house following her husband's death.