From sea to stormy sea : 17 stories inspired by great american paintings

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From sea to stormy sea : 17 stories inspired by great american paintings

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9781643130828

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xi, 257 pages : illustrations (some color) 24 cm

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Short stories, American.

Added Author:

Block, Lawrence.

Summary:

Seventeen stories by seventeen brilliant writers, inspired by seventeen paintings. That was the formula for Lawrence Block's two ground-breaking anthologies, In Sunlight or in Shadow and Alive in Shape and Color, and it's on glorious display here once again in From Sea to Stormy Sea. This time the paintings are exclusively the work of American artists, and the roster includes Harvey Dunn, John Steuart Curry, Reginald Marsh, Thomas Hart Benton, Helen Frankenthaler, Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, Grant Wood, and Andy Warhol. Among the star-studded lineup of writers you'll find Warren Moore, Jerome Charyn, Jane Hamilton, Christa Faust, John Sandford, Sara Paretsky, Charles Ardai, Barry Malzberg, and Janice Eidus. It's an outstanding collection, with widely divergent stories united by theme and culture, and-no surprise-beautifully illustrated with full-color reproductions of the seventeen paintings. Including stories by: Sara Paretsky, Jan Burke, Warren Moore, Patricia Abbott, Christa Faust, Jerome Charyn, Barry Malzberg, Scott Frank, Brendan DuBois, Tom Franklin, Gary Phillips, Charles Ardai, Micah Nathan, Janice Eidus, John Sandford, Jane Hamilton, and Lawrence Block.

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In the third installment of his acclaimed illustrated anthology series, master of crime fiction Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology of short stories based on masterpieces of American art.

Seventeen stories by seventeen brilliant writers, inspired by seventeen paintings. That was the formula for Lawrence Block's two ground-breaking anthologies, In Sunlight or in Shadow and Alive in Shape and Color , and it's on glorious display here once again in From Sea to Stormy Sea .

This time the paintings are exclusively the work of American artists, and the roster includes Harvey Dunn, John Steuart Curry, Reginald Marsh, Thomas Hart Benton, Helen Frankenthaler, Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, Grant Wood, Childe Hassam and Andy Warhol. Among the star-studded lineup of writers you'll find Jerome Charyn, Jane Hamilton, Christa Faust, John Sandford, Sara Paretsky, Walter Mosley, Charles Ardai, Barry Malzberg, and Janice Eidus.

It's an outstanding collection, with widely divergent stories united by theme and culture, and--no surprise--beautifully illustrated with full-color reproductions of the seventeen paintings.

Author Notes

Lawrence Block is the author of the popular series' featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, and Chip Harrison. Over 2 million copies of Lawrence Block's books are in print. He has published articles and short fiction in American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, GQ, and The New York Times, and has published several collections of short fiction in book form, most recently Collected Mystery Stories.

Block is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times, the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe award. In France, he was proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has been awarded the Societe 813 trophy twice. Block was presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana, and is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Inspired by the work of Edward Hopper, Edgar Award winner Block published the anthology In Sunlight or in Shadow. Paintings are once again at the center of this latest collection, which includes a story by Block, as well as pieces by Sara Paretsky, John Sandford, Gary Phillips, Jan Burke, and others. The authors were invited to pick from a group of paintings by American artists, such as Andy Warhol, Thomas Hart Benton, and Grant Wood, and write a story influenced by that artwork. Patti Abbott's "The Prairie Is My Garden" introduces a minister's wife who uses an accident to her advantage. Moved by Winslow Homer's Diamond Shoal, Brendan DuBois shows how a hurricane provides a perfect opportunity for revenge in "Adrift Off the Diamond Shoals." A tent revival leads to tragedy and a powerful ending in Paretsky's "Baptism in Kansas." VERDICT Block has put together an intriguing and diverse collection featuring acclaimed authors and artists. Mystery fans who enjoyed the previous collection will welcome this strong new anthology.--Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN

Foreword: Before We Begin ...
Lawrence Block	p. vii
The Prairie Is My Garden
Patti Abbott
Mother Of Pearl
Charles Ardai	p. 19
Superficial In Juries
Jan Burke	p. 31
The Man From Hard Rock Mountain
Jerome Charyn	p. 49
Adrift Off The Diamond Shoals
Brendan DuBois	p. 59
You're A Walking Time Bong
Janice Eidus	p. 77
Garnets
Christa Faust	p. 89
He Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Scott Frank	p. 99
On Little Terry Road
Tom Franklin	p. 117
Someday, A Revolution
Jane Hamilton	p. 129
Riverfront
Barry N. Malzberg	p. 139
Silvar At Lakeside
Warren Moore	p. 147
Get Him
Micah Nathan	p. 159
Baptism In Kansas
Sara Paretsky	p. 175
A Matter Of Options
Gary Phillips	p. 201
Girl With An Ax
John Sandford	p. 219
The Way We See The World
Lawrence Block	p. 237
Peamissions	p. 255

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