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Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired (edizione 2017)

di Lawrence Block (Autore)

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In his brilliant follow-up to In Sunlight or In Shadow, Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology as inventive as it is alluring, including Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, David Morrell, and Jeffery Deaver. Even before Lawrence Block could rest on his laurels from In Sunlight or In Shadow, a question arose. What would he do for an encore? Any number of artists have produced evocative work, paintings that could trigger a literary response. But none came to mind who could equal Hopper in turning out canvas after canvas. If no single artist could take Hopper's place, how about a full palette of them? Suppose each author was invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of visual art--From the cave drawings at Lascaux to a contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely dried. And what a dazzling response! Joyce Carol Oates picked Le Beaux Jours by Balthus. Warren Moore chose Salvador Dali's The Pharmacist of Ampurdam Seeking Absolutely Nothing. Michael Connelly, who sent Harry Bosch to Chicago for a close look at Nighthawks, has a go at The Garden of Earthly Delights by Harry's namesake Hieronymous Bosch. S. J. Rozan finds a story in Hokusai's The Great Wave, while Jeffery Deaver's "A Significant Find" draws its inspiration from--yes--those prehistoric cave drawings at Lascaux. And Kristine Kathryn Rusch moves from painting to sculpture and selects Rodin. In artists ranging from Art Frahm and Norman Rockwell to René Magritte and Clifford Still, the impressive concept goes on to include Thomas Pluck, Sarah Weinman, David Morrell, Craig Ferguson, Joe R. Lansdale, Jill D. Block, Justin Scott, Jonathan Santlofer, Gail Levin, Nicholas Christopher, and Lee Child, with each story accompanied in color by the work of art that inspired it.… (altro)
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Titolo:Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired
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Info:Pegasus Books (2017), 320 pages
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A wonderful collection that I'm honored to be in. Joe Lansdale's Charlie the Barber needs his own book. ( )
  ThomasPluck | Apr 27, 2020 |
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this collection as much as I did last year's: IN SUNLIGHT OR IN SHADOW, which contained stories centered around the art of Edward Hopper. This time around, the authors got to choose whichever artist/painting they liked, upon which to base their stories.

If you had to guess which artist upon whom Michael Connolly based his story, it would be easy for anyone familiar with his work to do so. For those of you who are not familiar with Connolly's fictional detective Harry Bosch, his name comes from the painter Hieronymous Bosch, and this story was inspired by Bosch's work "The Garden of Earthly Delights," (the third panel). This was my favorite story within-short, sharp and packing a punch.

Jeffrey Deaver also impressed me with his story inspired by prehistoric cave drawings at Lascaux. This clever little revenge tale takes place in the present and perhaps captures the intricacies and competition within the world of archaeology.

S.J. Rozan's story was inspired by "The Great Wave" by Hokusai. I was not previously familiar with Rozan or Hokusai, but now I feel compelled to learn more about them both. This tale was another gut puncher, but somehow I finished it feeling satisfied and happy for the protagonist.



Lastly, Joe Lansdale's tale was inspired by Norman Rockwell's "First Trip to the Beauty Shop." Even though the painting is perky and cute, the story is definitely not. It was sad, poignant, and scary-all at the same time. I enjoyed the heck out of it.

All told, that's 4 stories that impressed me a great deal. That's pretty good for any old anthology, but I expected so much more from this one, based on my experience with IN SUNLIGHT OR IN SHADOW. Perhaps it was a case of being disappointed by my own high expectations, or perhaps it's just that these tales didn't work as well for me as they did for other people. Whatever the case, I'm glad I read this anthology, otherwise I would have been wondering what I had missed.

Recommended!

You can get a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Alive-Shape-Color-Paintings-Inspired-ebook/dp/B071HY9T33/...

*Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. This is it.* ( )
  Charrlygirl | Mar 22, 2020 |
Intriquing premise but it didn’t pan out for me. I am not a Mystery buff, (especially police procedurals) so finding most of the stories were by mystery authors was disappointing. I did enjoy Block’s macho tale, inspired by Michaelangelo’s David, and Santlofer’s Gaslight (as well as its Magritte painting). ( )
  triscuit | Jan 30, 2018 |
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Block, LawrenceA cura diautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Block, Jill D.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Child, LeeCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Christopher, NicholasCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Connelly, MichaelCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Deaver, JefferyCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Lansdale, Joe R.Collaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Levin, GailCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Moore, WarrenCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Morrell, DavidCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Oates, Joyce CarolCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Pluck, ThomasCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Rozan, SJCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Rusch, Kristine KathrynCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Santlofer, JonathanCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Scott, JustinCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Weinman, SarahCollaboratoreautore secondariotutte le edizioniconfermato
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In his brilliant follow-up to In Sunlight or In Shadow, Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology as inventive as it is alluring, including Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, David Morrell, and Jeffery Deaver. Even before Lawrence Block could rest on his laurels from In Sunlight or In Shadow, a question arose. What would he do for an encore? Any number of artists have produced evocative work, paintings that could trigger a literary response. But none came to mind who could equal Hopper in turning out canvas after canvas. If no single artist could take Hopper's place, how about a full palette of them? Suppose each author was invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of visual art--From the cave drawings at Lascaux to a contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely dried. And what a dazzling response! Joyce Carol Oates picked Le Beaux Jours by Balthus. Warren Moore chose Salvador Dali's The Pharmacist of Ampurdam Seeking Absolutely Nothing. Michael Connelly, who sent Harry Bosch to Chicago for a close look at Nighthawks, has a go at The Garden of Earthly Delights by Harry's namesake Hieronymous Bosch. S. J. Rozan finds a story in Hokusai's The Great Wave, while Jeffery Deaver's "A Significant Find" draws its inspiration from--yes--those prehistoric cave drawings at Lascaux. And Kristine Kathryn Rusch moves from painting to sculpture and selects Rodin. In artists ranging from Art Frahm and Norman Rockwell to René Magritte and Clifford Still, the impressive concept goes on to include Thomas Pluck, Sarah Weinman, David Morrell, Craig Ferguson, Joe R. Lansdale, Jill D. Block, Justin Scott, Jonathan Santlofer, Gail Levin, Nicholas Christopher, and Lee Child, with each story accompanied in color by the work of art that inspired it.

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