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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781608872022
- Book Title
- California Childhood
- Publisher
- Insight Editions
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Travel, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa)
- Item Weight
- 24.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Insight Editions
ISBN-10
1608872025
ISBN-13
9781608872022
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143985737
Product Key Features
Book Title
California Childhood
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
24.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
709.2
Synopsis
An actor treads the line between reality and fiction every time he plays a part, and for James Franco, that exploration isn't limited to the screen--he's also a visual artist with several exhibitions under his belt as well as the author of the widely praised story collection Palo Alto. In A California Childhood he plays with the concept of memoir through personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and stories. "I was born in 1978 at Stanford Hospital and spent my first eighteen years in a single house at the end of a cul-de-sac in Palo Alto," Franco writes in his introduction. Steve Jobs's daughter and the grandson of one of the Hewlett-Packard founders may have both been in his graduating class, but just across the freeway from his home turf lay East Palo Alto, which in 1992 had the highest murder rate per capita in the country. For Franco, the terrain of his upbringing is fraught with the complication of a city divided. But within that diversity, universal aspects of adolescence rise to the surface, and those are the subjects at the heart of Franco's work. Ultimately this is a portrait of a childhood brightened by California sunshine, but with trouble waiting in the shadows. At turns funny, dark, and emotional, the journey of this book delivers an undeniable immediacy. And at the end, the reader is left wondering just where the boundary lies between Franco's art and his true life., In A California Childhood James Franco plays with the concept of memoir through personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and stories. For Franco, the terrain of his upbringing is fraught with the complication of a city divided. But within that diversity, universal aspects of adolescence rise to the surface, and those are the subjects at the heart of Franco's work., In A California Childhood he plays with the concept of memoir through personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and stories. "I was born in 1978 at Stanford Hospital and spent my first eighteen years in a single house at the end of a cul-de-sac in Palo Alto," Franco writes in his introduction. Steve Jobs's daughter and the grandson of one of the Hewlett-Packard founders may have both been in his graduating class, but just across the freeway from his home turf lay East Palo Alto, which in 1992 had the highest murder rate per capita in the country. For Franco, the terrain of his upbringing is fraught with the complication of a city divided. But within that diversity, universal aspects of adolescence rise to the surface, and those are the subjects at the heart of Franco's work. Ultimately this is a portrait of a childhood brightened by California sunshine, but with trouble awaiting in the shadows. At turns funny, dark, and emotional, the journey of this book delivers an undeniable immediacy. And at the end the reader is left wondering just where the line of Franco's art ends and where his true life begins.
LC Classification Number
N6537
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- j***s (1109)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseJust as described, great condition, great packaging, good price, thanks so much, oh & I think you gave me the wrong tracking number, as this just came today July 28th, the one I got came last week in another part of NY, thanks though, A+++ Seller :)Predator by Ed Brisson Vol. 2: The Preserve by Ed Brisson, Netho Diaz (#305343383283)
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- y***g (1204)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book is charming -- and new condition as shown. This is a hard to find item, so glad to find it new here for a reasonable price! It arrived quickly, but was packed in a mailing envelope -- and even though it was padded, one of corner was crushed, which was disappointing as this is to be a gift. Overall postive, nonetheless.Maddie on Things: A Super Serious Project About Dogs and Physics (#297426162593)