The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers - Rilegato

Friedman, Donald

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ISBN 10: 0922811768 ISBN 13: 9780922811762

Casa editrice: Mid List Pr, 2007

Riassunto

"The itch to make dark marks on paper is shared by many writers and artists," begins John Updike in his essay in The Writer's Brush, and this stunning collection will amaze lovers of the literary and fine arts alike. Author Donald Friedman has gathered 400 paintings, drawings, and scultpure--many from private collections, never before published--by more than 200 of the world's most famous writers, including 13 Nobel laureates.

The result is astounding. Whether viewing the beautiful landscapes that Hermann Hesse credited with saving his life, the manuscript sketches that Fyodor Dostoevsky made of his characters, or the can-can dancers secretly drawn by Joseph Conrad, readers of The Writer's Brush will gain new insights into the lives and minds of their favorite writers and the nature of the creative process itself.

Accompanying the artwork are fascinating biographies that provide little-known details of the writers' lives in the visual arts and offer the writers' own observations on their art and the relationships they saw between word and image. While written for a broad audience, The Writer's Brush is also an essential reference work, with alphabetical and chronological listings of its subjects and an extensive bibliography.

As Friedman notes in his introduction, for many of the writers anthologized here, a coin toss could have determined whether to spend the day standing in a smock or seated with a pen. The Writer's Brush brings together for the first time--in one unique, affordable volume--both worlds of these writers in the definitive work of the writer-artist.

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Recensione:

'One of the most fascinating books of the year' The Times, Saturday 1 December 2007 --The Times, Saturday 1 December 2007

'Books of the year' The Financial Times, Saturday 8 December 2007 --The Financial Times, Saturday 8 December 2007

L'autore:

DONALD FRIEDMAN had a successful career as a lawyer before publishing his award-winning first novel, The Hand Before the Eye (Mid-List Press 2000). A lifetime's work, The Writer's Brush represents decades of research by Friedman and includes excerpts from his previously unpublished interviews with such notable writer-artists as Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Wolfe, John Berger, Donald Justice, Lawrence Ferlingetti, and many others. Friedman currently lives in New York City.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mid List Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0922811768
• ISBN 13: 9780922811762
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 457