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In Sunlight
or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper (2016).
Edited by
Lawrence Block.
ISBN:
9781681772455
A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block – a newly commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper.
"Edward
Hopper is surely the greatest American narrative painter. His work bears
special resonance for writers and readers, and yet his paintings never tell a
story so much as they invite viewers to find for themselves the untold stories
within."
So says
Lawrence Block, who has invited seventeen outstanding writers to join him in an
unprecedented anthology of brand-new stories: In Sunlight or In Shadow. The
results are remarkable and range across all genres, wedding literary excellence
to storytelling savvy.
Contributors
include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly,
Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R.
Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kris Nelscott, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer,
Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin,
Hopper’s biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonée, appears with her
own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand
scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime.
In a
beautifully produced anthology as befits such a collection of acclaimed
authors, each story is illustrated with a quality full-color reproduction of
the painting that inspired it.
