Forty-one false starts : essays on artists and writers / Janet Malcolm.
Forty-one false starts : essays on artists and writers / Janet Malcolm.
Forty-one false starts : essays on artists and writers / Janet Malcolm.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2013.
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G 2013/4075
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 298 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Forty-one false starts -- Depth of field -- A house of one's own -- The woman who hated women -- Salinger's cigarettes -- Capitalist pastorale -- The genius of the glass house -- Good pictures -- Edward Weston's women -- Nudes without desire -- A girl of the Zeitgeist -- Advanced placement -- The no...
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2013.
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Summary
In this book, the author brings together essays published over the course of several decades that reflect her preoccupation with artists and their work. Her subjects are painters, photographers, writers, and critics. The title essay, with its forty-one "false starts," depicts her serial attempts to capture the essence of the painter David Salle.
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Forty-one false starts : essays on artists and writers / Janet Malcolm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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c2013.
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G 2013/4075
Record Identifier
74VKq4k40d3l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKq4k40d3l
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ISBN
9780374157692 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0374157693 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
808.02
MMS ID
991020388839702626
