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Life Studies: Stories Paperback – 29 November 2005
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SUSAN VREELAND
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With her richly textured novels Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of the artist's life. Now, in a collection of profound wisdom and beauty, she explores the transcendent power of art through the eyes of ordinary people. Life Studies begins with historic tales that, rather than focusing directly on the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters themselves, render those on the periphery-their lovers, servants, and children-as their personal experiences play out against those of Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others. Vreeland then gives us contemporary stories in which her characters-a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan for example-encounter art in meaningful, often surprising ways. A fascinating exploration of the lasting strength of art in everyday life, Life Studies is a dazzling addition to Vreeland's outstanding body of work.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date29 November 2005
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions11.53 x 2.39 x 18.57 cm
- ISBN-100143036106
- ISBN-13978-0143036104
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As if lining a gallery's white walls, the 17 stories in Life Studies are exquisitely crafted. ("The Portland Oregonian") Delivers a rich palette. Light and beauty pour from the pages in deft, accessible prose strokes. ("The San Diego Union-Tribune")
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Susan Vreeland is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including Clara and Mr. Tiffany and Girl in Hyacinth Blue. She lives in San Diego.
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- Publisher : Penguin; 1st edition (29 November 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0143036106
- ISBN-13 : 978-0143036104
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Dimensions : 11.53 x 2.39 x 18.57 cm
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Susan Vreeland's short fiction has appeared in journals such as The Missouri Review, Confrontation, New England Review, and Alaska Quarterly Review. Her first novel, What Love Sees, was made into a CBS Sunday Night Movie. She teaches English literature and Art in San Diego public schools.
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LORAINE WELLMAN
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Power of Art
Reviewed in the United States on 9 September 2009Verified Purchase
Susan Vreeland has said that she wants to write about the enriching and uplifting power of art and she has certainly succeeded. The seventeen stories in Life Studies explore art of the past as well as art in our own time. One of the pleasures for the reader is discovering just what well-known painting is being described - sometimes even before it has been painted and is just planned by the artist.Her writing is firmly based in research and fleshes out dryer art history we may have studied. There is a great sensitivity to the writing as Vreeland brings out the humanity of the artists and those in their lives. She has said "Each time we enter imaginatively into the life of another, it's a small step upwards in the evolution of the human race." In this collection, we are also privileged to enter into Vreeland's childhood with "Crayon, 1955" For anyone who had encouragement, as a child, to explore a new world of thinking, it is particularly poignant. A really good read.
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ckr
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Exception
Reviewed in the United States on 18 September 2019Verified Purchase
I'm not usually a fan of fiction based on canonical writers, artists, etc., but this is a well-written book. Vreeland's word choice manages to give the flavor of the historical period while still engaging a 21st-century reader. A satisfying read even if one knows nothing about art or the painting to which each story refers.
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Karen Halpern
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Loving reading this book...
Reviewed in the United States on 4 March 2011Verified Purchase
Susan Vreeland has become one of my favorite authors. In this book each of the stories brings the reader closeup to a famous artist through the eyes of someone who is in close proximity to them in their lives. Through this artistic device, as an author, Vreeland is able to give the reader extensive information about the times and specifics of the various artists' lives. I haven't finished the book yet. But I feel I am taking my time, savoring all that it has to offer. It is very insightful, although its mechanism is fiction based on well researched fact.
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