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Cecily Brown by Francine Prose; Courtney J. Martin; Jason Rosenfeld; Jacqueline Sather (Contribution by)
$79.99 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first -- and highly anticipated -- monograph on one of the most influential painters of our time Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. Originally influenced by Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Brown has over the years developed her unique v ...Show more
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
$25.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy
Gluttony by Francine Prose
$31.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
In America, notes acclaimed novelist Francine Prose, we are obsessed with food and diet. And what is this obsession with food except a struggle between sin and virtue, overeating and self-control - a struggle with the fierce temptations of gluttony. In "Gluttony", Francine Prose serves up a marvelous ba ...Show more
Goldengrove: A Novel by Francine Prose
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
At the center of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteenâÃÂÃÂyearâÃÂÃÂold Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clari ...Show more
Lives of the Muses : Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose
$35.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
An exploration of the complex relationship between artists and their muses profiles nine women, including Alice Liddell, who inspired Lewis Carroll; ballerina Suzanne Farrell, for her impact on George Ballanchine; and Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary - Stories by Johanna Kaplan; Francine Prose (Introduction by)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Art of the Story Ser.
A funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose Johanna Kaplan's beautifully written stories first burst on the literary scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Today they have retained all of their depth, surprise, and h ...Show more
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose
$18.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: P. S. Ser. | Reading Level: good
A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself. Paris in the 1920s shimmers with excitement, dissipation, and freedom. It is a place of ...Show more
Mister Monkey by Francine Prose
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children's musical.Mister Monkey-a screwball children's musical about ...Show more
My New American Life: A Novel by Francine Prose
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Lula, a twenty-six-year-old Albanian woman living surreptitiously in New York City on an expiring tourist visa, hopes to make a better life for herself in America. When she lands a job caring for a rebellious high schooler in wealthy, suburban New Jersey, it seems that the American dream may finally be ...Show more
Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art. One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters ...Show more
Peggy Guggenheim - The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
$52.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Jewish Lives
One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown galle ...Show more
The Lives of the Muses by Francine Prose (Translators)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir