Life Studies: Stories (SIGNED).
Vreeland, Susan.
Place Published: New York, New York, U.S.A.:
Publisher: Viking Press,
Date Published: 2005.
Description: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). 292 pages. The book and dust jacket are FINE. NOT price-clipped and NOT remaindered. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Dust jacket notes read: "After writing two novels in which artists are the central heroines in their stories, Susan Vreeland has written a deeply moving, richly textured collection of stories that explore art through the eyes of ordinary people. In Life Studies, she first takes us back to the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century art world of France and Italy and then returns to the present day with a group of contemporary stories. Rather than focusing directly on great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists like Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and Modigliani, in the historical tales Vreeland shifts her lens to those on the periphery-their lovers, servants, children, and neighbors-showing their personal stories as they play out against the artists' lives. When a disillusioned banker sees his daughter through the eyes of Renoir, his senses and zest for life are awakened. Morisot's wet-nurse sacrifices her own child so that another mother can paint. Edouard Manet's grieving widow puzzles out the tangle of her husband's sexual indiscretions while also coming to terms with her own worth and power. Counterbalancing these historical stories are an equal number of contemporary tales in which her characters-a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan-encounter art in meaningful, sometimes surprising ways. By modeling nude, a wife discovers her deeper, more compassionate self. In one enlightening summer, a young girl learns about Picasso and death. A grandfather, on his way to visit his wife in the penitentiary, uses a mute black girl's humble drawing as a test of love. Together, the stories in Life Studies are a fascinating exploration of human frailty and resilience; they marvel at the lasting strength and meaning of art in our lives, revealing art's healing effect on the soul. Crafted with the skill of a master painter, Life Studies is a dazzling addition to Vreeland's outstanding body of work."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Fine in Fine dj
ISBN: 0670031771
Book Id: 13228
Price: $35.00
