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William T. Vollmann - A Critical Companion (Hardcover): Daniel Lukes, Christopher K Coffman William T. Vollmann - A Critical Companion (Hardcover)
Daniel Lukes, Christopher K Coffman; Contributions by Georg Bauer, Carla Bolte, Aaron Chandler, …
R2,868 Discovery Miles 28 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"This fascinating, massive, wide-ranging collection that editors Christopher K. Coffman and Daniel Lukes have gathered together into William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion will soon be recognized as one of those rare critical books for which that egregiously overused term 'groundbreaking' is fully justified." -Larry McCaffery, from the preface of William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion The essays in this collection make a case for regarding William T. Vollmann as the most ambitious, productive, and important living author in the US. His oeuvre includes not only outstanding work in numerous literary genres, but also global reportage, ethical treatises, paintings, photographs, and many other productions. His reputation as a daring traveler and his fascination with life on the margins have earned him an extra-literary renown unequaled in our time. Perhaps most importantly, his work is exceptional in relation to the literary moment. Vollmann is a member of a group of authors who are responding to the skeptical ironies of postmodernism with a reinvigoration of fiction's affective possibilities and moral sensibilities, but he stands out even among this cohort for his prioritization of moral engagement, historical awareness, and geopolitical scope. Included in this book in addition to twelve scholarly critical essays are reflections on Vollmann by many of his peers, confidantes, and collaborators, including Jonathan Franzen, James Franco, and Michael Glawogger. With a preface by Larry McCaffery and an afterword by Michael Hemmingson, this book offers readings of most of Vollmann's works, includes the first critical engagements with several key titles, and introduces a range of voices from international Vollmann scholarship.

William T. Vollmann - A Critical Companion (Paperback): Daniel Lukes, Christopher K Coffman William T. Vollmann - A Critical Companion (Paperback)
Daniel Lukes, Christopher K Coffman; Contributions by Georg Bauer, Carla Bolte, Aaron Chandler, …
R1,331 Discovery Miles 13 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"This fascinating, massive, wide-ranging collection that editors Christopher K. Coffman and Daniel Lukes have gathered together into William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion will soon be recognized as one of those rare critical books for which that egregiously overused term 'groundbreaking' is fully justified." -Larry McCaffery, from the preface of William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion The essays in this collection make a case for regarding William T. Vollmann as the most ambitious, productive, and important living author in the US. His oeuvre includes not only outstanding work in numerous literary genres, but also global reportage, ethical treatises, paintings, photographs, and many other productions. His reputation as a daring traveler and his fascination with life on the margins have earned him an extra-literary renown unequaled in our time. Perhaps most importantly, his work is exceptional in relation to the literary moment. Vollmann is a member of a group of authors who are responding to the skeptical ironies of postmodernism with a reinvigoration of fiction's affective possibilities and moral sensibilities, but he stands out even among this cohort for his prioritization of moral engagement, historical awareness, and geopolitical scope. Included in this book in addition to twelve scholarly critical essays are reflections on Vollmann by many of his peers, confidantes, and collaborators, including Jonathan Franzen, James Franco, and Michael Glawogger. With a preface by Larry McCaffery and an afterword by Michael Hemmingson, this book offers readings of most of Vollmann's works, includes the first critical engagements with several key titles, and introduces the work of several foreign Vollmann scholars to American audiences.

Demian - The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth (Paperback): Hermann Hesse Demian - The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth (Paperback)
Hermann Hesse; Translated by Damion Searls; Foreword by James Franco; Introduction by Ralph Freedman
R379 R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Save R55 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse's masterpiece of youthful rebellion--with a foreword and cover art by James Franco A Penguin Classic A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse's beloved novel Demian. Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. A brilliant psychological portrait, Demian is given new life in this translation, which together with James Franco's personal and inspiring foreword will bring a new generation to Hesse's widely influential coming-of-age novel. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

On Story-Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films (Paperback): Barbara Morgan, Maya Perez On Story-Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films (Paperback)
Barbara Morgan, Maya Perez; Introduction by James Franco; Austin Film Festival
R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"On Story is film school in a box, a lifetime's worth of filmmaking knowledge squeezed into half-hour packages." -Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times Austin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization focused on the writer's creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival and Conference offers screenings, panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions that help new writers and filmmakers connect with mentors and gain advice and insight from masters, as well as refreshing veterans with new ideas. To extend the festival's reach, AFF produces On Story, a television series currently airing on PBS-affiliated stations and streaming online that presents footage of high-caliber artists talking candidly and provocatively about the art and craft of screenwriting and filmmaking, often using examples from their own films. On Story-Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films presents renowned, award-winning screenwriters and filmmakers discussing their careers and the stories behind the production of their iconic films such as L.A. Confidential, Thelma & Louise, Groundhog Day, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Silence of the Lambs, In the Name of the Father, Apollo 13, and more. In their own lively words transcribed from interviews and panel discussions, Ron Howard, Callie Khouri, Jonathan Demme, Ted Tally, Jenny Lumet, Harold Ramis, and others talk about creating stories that resonate with one's life experiences or topical social issues, as well as how to create appealing characters and bring them to life. Their insights, production tales, and fresh, practical, and proven advice make this book ideal for film lovers, screenwriting students, and filmmakers and screenwriters seeking inspiration.

Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-Volume 4 (Paperback): James Franco Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-Volume 4 (Paperback)
James Franco
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-Volume 6 (Paperback): James Franco Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-Volume 6 (Paperback)
James Franco
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-volume 5 (Paperback): James Franco Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-volume 5 (Paperback)
James Franco
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-Volume 3 (Paperback): James Franco Sudoku Puzzle Book - 200 Puzzles-Volume 3 (Paperback)
James Franco
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Straight James / Gay James (Paperback): James Franco Straight James / Gay James (Paperback)
James Franco
R280 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R23 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Strongest of the Litter (The Hollyridge Press Chapbook Series) (Paperback): James Franco Strongest of the Litter (The Hollyridge Press Chapbook Series) (Paperback)
James Franco
R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There is a vision of power at the center of James Franco's first chapbook of poems, Strongest of the Litter. Power here is both generative and frightening, self-consuming and bracing. It is the artist's power of self-making. These poems, thoroughly beautiful and spare, have the texture of contending angles. Authenticity can be achieved only through different voices: in an investigation of the range and strength of American art, in homage to Williams Carlos Williams, in awe at the cost to American actors of their art (notably Taylor, Clift, De Niro and Brando), in the celebration and limitation of Kowalski love -- "I'm a raging Kowalski whose / Temper can be measured by // How little I can give. / How abusive my reticence." Pervasive in these eloquent poems is the power of memory, the collective memory of Hollywood and specific memories of the poet's own past.

Palo Alto (Paperback, Main): James Franco Palo Alto (Paperback, Main)
James Franco 2
R302 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R18 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco.

"Palo Alto" is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In "Lockheed" a young woman's summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In "American History" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner--only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In "I Could Kill Someone," a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life.

These linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.

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