- Category: Books » Fiction & Literature » Short Stories (single author)
- Format: Paperback Learn more about the Paperback format using Tower WIKI.
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 1400095506
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100158924
- Release Date: May 9, 2006
- Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #311922 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #37586 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #452 in Short Stories (single author) (See Top 100 Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers)
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Unfinished Novel And Other Stories" by Valerie Martin to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Unfinished Novel And Other Stories"Browse more products related to "Valerie Martin"Review"[Valerie] Martin's capacity to say surprising things about ordinary feelings--envy, rage, and despair figure prominently--makes the collection a triumph." "Art, [Valerie] Martin suggests, involves a yearning that may be irresistible; she makes the old quest new in every one of these beautiful, heartbreaking stories." "Martin uses these very different stories to address "the unanswerable riddle"...how can the artist function in an unreal world while doomed to live in the real one?...The breadth of Martin's interests is remarkable. She moves around flawlessly in time and space; nothing frightens her." "Compulsively readable and impressively perceptive, Martin's stories put art's dark compromises in sharp relief." Publisher's noteExploring the essential nature of art and the artist's struggle to reconcile the audience with the muse, a collection of six stories by the best-selling author of Mary Reilly includes "The Blue Period," about a painter who owes his success to a man he despises, and "The Change," in which a printmaker becomes trapped in the world of her own imagination. AnnotationIn these six stories, Valerie Martin turns her unflinching eye on artists and writers, and reveals the myriad ways that their relationship with art intersects and undermines their relationships with other people. These stories are not self-reflexive or meta-fictional analyses of craft and narrative; Martin's focus is psychology, humanity, and desire. A painter owes his success to a friend, a drama teacher falls in love with an actor, a novelist comes into possession of an ex-lover's manuscript--these scenarios keenly explore the ways the creative drive can shape, often cruelly, a person's life. If You Enjoy "The Unfinished Novel And Other Stories (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Unfinished Novel And Other Stories (Paperback)" by Valerie Martin (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers
Fiction & Literature Bestselling BooksExplore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
Books Bestsellers
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
