Lund zoe (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [spine slightly turned, light shelfwear to bottom edge, small nick in cloth at bottom of front cover; vintage bookseller's label (Kendrick Bellamy, Denver) on rear pastedown]. Novel about a career woman, a young widow who works as an account executive for a San Francisco ad agency, who is sent by her boss (for whom she's already set her cap) on a working vacation to Baja California, to check out the potential of a disused casino being refurbished and turned into a resort. While on this assignment, she succumbs to the Mexican way of life, falls in love with a local ranch owner, and considers throwing it all over to stay down there. Then her boss shows up, romantic and professional complications ensue, and a hurricane helps them sort it all out. The New York Times critic faulted the book for lacking "that deep, below-the-surface quality that might have given reality to her consciously contrived tale. Even the background, presented with such earnest attention to detail, seems never to lose the aura of travel folder literature." Kirkus Reviews, on the other hand, found it an "intelligently emotional women's novel" -- so, like with most books, the only way to find out for sure is to read it yourself.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Small tear at the crown, near fine in a clipped (price intact), very good dust jacket with small chips at the spine ends. A San Francisco career woman has to choose between the modern, go-go life or the beauty and wildness of Baja California, as well as between her old partner in the advertising business and the new border ranchero in her life.…

Archive of material relating to the 1998 film. Archive includes four scripts dated variously between 1991 and 1997 and credited variously to screenwriters Christ Zois, Zoë Lund, and William Gibson, as well as approximately ten pages of correspondence and ephemera relating to the film's production, and a xerographically duplicated copy of Gibson's source story. One screenplay with the ownership name of Zois on the title page. From the archive of Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara's frequent co-screenwriter. Of note are several pieces of correspondence regarding writing credits for the film, dated variously between 1997 and 1998. Screenwriters Abel Ferrara and Christ Zois claimed that prior adaptations of Gibson's novel by Gibson, Lund, and others had no bearing on their own adaptation. Ferrara and Zois would ultimately receive sole screenwriting credit on the completed film. Based on the 1984 short story by William Gibson, about two freelance industrial spies in Tokyo who decide to use a call girl to execute their latest mission. Shot on location in New York. November, 1991 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, dated November 1991, noted as Third Draft, with credit for author and screenwriter William Gibson. 93 leaves, with last page of text numbered 92. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner. October 9, 1993 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, dated Oct. 9. 1993, noted as SECOND DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Zoë Lund. 116 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner. September 28, 1997 Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 9/28/97, noted as Draft, with credits for screenwriters Christ Zois and Abel Ferrara. 75 leaves, with last page of text numbered 74. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, partially bound with a binder clip at the top left corner. Undated Draft: Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credit for screenwriter Christ Zois. 99 leaves, with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, partially bound with a binder clip on the top edge, and housed in a red card folder. …