Angels And Other Strangers

Quinn, Anthony. Lovers and Other Strangers: Paintings by Jack Vettriano. Pavilion Books, 2002.
Paperback - 2002 - good condition - ladylisabooks used books, secondhand bo oks, out of print books, hard to find books, second-hand books, nonfiction, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Vettriano's popularity has increased so much since his paintings were first published in book form (Fallen Angels, 1995) that posters of his work are now outselling those of Van Gogh. Vettriano, a self-taught Scottish artist who is collected by celebrities and has become one himself, is portrayed here in photographs and self-portraits as a cross between Harvey Keitel and Bono, with the toughness and virility of one and the fashionable narcissism of the other. The aura of his alluring paintings is delectably noirish, and it's fitting that film-critic Quinn has written the illuminating artist profile that accompanies the lush color reproductions of Vettriano's sexy canvases, each of which is like a movie still, freezing a moment of seduction or confrontation. Elegant men and women, armed with cigarettes and cocktails, enact ritualized scenarios in which no amount of exposed flesh can inspire genuine intimacy. Even in his magical plein air compositions, his stylized figures remain wary and self-conscious. A true romantic, Vettriano paints high-gloss fantasies that gift wrap heartache.. Art.

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Paterson, Katherine: Angels and Other Strangers : Family Christmas Stories, New York, NY, U.S.A. Morrow/Avon 1980 ISBN: 0-380-51144-4

"This is a collection of short stories by Newberry award-winning author Katherine Peterson. In each of the nine stories, the author illuminates the familiar problems of contemporary life in unexpected ways. A lonely widower takes in two foster children over the Christmas holidays, a father seeks his runaway son, a mother deals with the loss of an infant. In these and other stories, the joy, wonder, and miracle of Christmas comes shining through." Written for the whole family. The cover has a label spot in the upper right corner, and the bottom corner is bent a bit. 118 pages, no marks or tears, yellowed. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover jacket condition: Near Fine No Jacket

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Friedman, Bruce Jay: Black Angels and Other Stories, NY Simon and Schuster 1966
Near Fine in Near Fine DJ Dust Jacket Design By Lawrence Ratzkin; Book Design By Eve Metz

First edition. 192pp. Red cloth, black spine lettering, cream endpapers, black top-stain, deckled fore-edge. Dust Jacket price 4.50. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to first blank page. Book has small remainder mark bottom edge and tiny water stain to fore-edge of last 20 pp o/w Fine. Dust jacket has minor age-toning, but is very crisp and fully intact with no wear. Signed copies of this title are scarce. Bruce Jay Friedman has been hailed by critics as a comic genius, a writer whose vision confronts the malaise of contemporary life with a liberating deadpan humor.It is no easy task to determine for which Bruce Jay Friedman is most well-known: his novels, short stories, screenplays or plays. As Stanley Kauffmann states, Friedman is a sort of "wry Salinger." His skillful understatement, his gift at implication, his slightly vaudevillian touch is captured most beautifully in his most successful works. His novels, stories, plays, screenplays, and non-fiction published since 1953 are a veritable powerhouse of American social commentary, studded with the eccentricities and black humor that make Bruce Jay Friedman's style so uniquely his own. The author of numerous darkly humorous stories and plays of contemporary life--notably "Steambath," which was made into a cable TV series, and the screenplay for SPLASH. Some say Phillip Roth does it better; some say Roth just does it differently." - Audio-File. 16 short stories previously published in Esquire, Playboy, Cavalier, Saturday Evening Post etal. Second story collection. Of his 'Collected Short Fiction': "Bruce Jay Friedman has been hailed by critics as a comic genius, a writer whose vision confronts the malaise of contemporary life with a liberating deadpan humor. Hailed by Newsweek as "a bona fide literary event," The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman brings together Friedman's fifty-seven greatest stories, which appeared in Esquire, Playboy New Yorker, and other magazines from 1953 to 1995."From poignant bildungsroman to sly satire, from wicked comedy to surrealistic farce, this virtuosic collection covers more than four decades' worth of short stories (1952-1995) by novelist (Stern), screenwriter (Stir Crazy), and playwright (Steambath) Friedman. With a caricaturist's gift for evoking complexities in a few quick strokes, Friedman illuminates the minds of both ordinary guys and egregious eccentrics as they grapple with pivotal decisions. A college professor contemplates life as a pimp; another man dreams of helping Sammy Davis Jr. relax. A hospital patient's EKG follows fluctuations in a stock price; a suicide "jumper" refuses to be sweet-talked by a cop. The 48 stories here are grouped into seven sections ("Crazed Youth"; "Sex"; "Death," and so on); several of the tales feature Harry Towns, a screenwriter who wrestles with personal responsibility, the uncertainty of Hollywood life and a recreational cocaine habit. In still other stories, one Martin Gans attends strangers' funerals to make sure enough fuss is made; Mr. Prinzo devises a perverse test of his analyst's discretion; Mr. Dworkin weaves elaborate sexual fantasies as he interviews job applicants. Throughout, Friedman explores themes such as loneliness, aging, fear, parenthood and ethnicity, spinning tales in an expertly modulated voice that lies somewhere equidistant from those of Wilde, Salinger and Woody Allen." - Publisher's Weekly. "Friedman [is] more interesting than most of Malamud, Roth, and Bellow. . . . What makes him more important is that he writes out of the viscera instead of the cerebrum." -- Nelson Algren." - back cover paperback edition. Signed by Author First Edition Near Fine Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Katherine Paterson: Angels and Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories, HarperCollins 2006-10-01 ISBN: 0060783761
0060783761 New

New. Contains very slight shelf wear (like you would see in a major chain store). Very nice copy. Looks like an interesting title! We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. Hardcover

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