Art in Nature
and other stories
An elderly caretaker at a large outdoor exhibition, called Art in Nature, finds that a couple have lingered on to bicker about the value of a picture; he has a surprising suggestion that will resolve both their row and his own ambivalence about the art market. A draughtsman's obsession with drawing locomotives provides a dark twist to a love story. A cartoonist takes over the work of a colleague who has suffered a nervous breakdown only to discover that his own sanity is in danger.In these witty, sharp, often disquieting stories, Tove Jansson reveals the fault-lines in our relationship with art, both as artists and as consumers. Obsession, am…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-9563086-9-6
- EAN: 9780956308696
- Produktnummer: 12050634
- Verlag: Profile Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H19.9 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.6 cm 200 g
- Gewicht: 200
Über den Autor
The writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin stories, which have been published in thirty-five languages. However, from 1968, she turned her attention to writing for adults. Her bestseller, The Summer Book [9780954221713], is a modern Scandinavian classic. Art in Nature was published six years later.Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal, winner of the 'Rochester Best Translated Book Award 2011'.
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