Description
Like nothing you've read before, this exhilarating narrative follows the storyline of Alban Berg's famously unfinished opera Lulu and explores the history of the commedia, particularly the Pierrot figure from its first inception through its final manifestation as the English clown. Famous historical figures (like Jack the Ripper!) and artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries also make appearances. Presented in a beautiful, yet affordable 1,500 copy limited edition featuring cover art by Gustav Klimt, original and treated film stills from award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison, and illustrations from artist Abbot Stranahan, this book should reach beyond fans of avant-garde fiction and find an audience among film, opera, and theater buffs as well as book and art collectors.
1. Marketing and publicity efforts will extend to the poetics and transgressive fiction fan-base that Field's work has already established and reach beyond it to target music, performance, and theater communities, especially in New York and Chicago, that are open to the experimentation, "wildness," and the artistry that this book offers. 2. Additional marketing will include internet advertising and a large galley mailing focusing on lit blogs, alternative weeklies, theater and cultural studies publications, art magazines, poetics journals, and adventurous independent booksellers. 3. We'll promote the book at all major academic conferences. Tour: New York, NY; Boulder, CO; and more TBA.
About the Author
In addition to her multimedia performance work, Thalia Field is the author of Point and Line and Incarnate: Story Material. She serves on the Literary Arts faculty at Brown University and as a frequent participant in Naropa University's Summer Writing program. Born in Chicago, she currently divides her time between Providence, Rhode Island and Juneau, Alaska. Filmmaker Bill Morrison has completed twenty-three films, eight of which are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He is the recipient of two Bessie Awards and an Obie Award and his films have been screened at venues worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the Tate Modern, and Royal Festival Hall. In addition to her artwork, Abbot Stranahan has spent many years working with organizations committed to social justice community organizing throughout the country. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
Book Information
ISBN 9781566891967
Author Thalia Field
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Coffee House Press
Publisher Coffee House Press
Weight(grams) 510g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 177mm * 17mm
1. Marketing and publicity efforts will extend to the poetics and transgressive fiction fan-base that Field's work has already established and reach beyond it to target music, performance, and theater communities, especially in New York and Chicago, that are open to the experimentation, "wildness," and the artistry that this book offers. 2. Additional marketing will include internet advertising and a large galley mailing focusing on lit blogs, alternative weeklies, theater and cultural studies publications, art magazines, poetics journals, and adventurous independent booksellers. 3. We'll promote the book at all major academic conferences. Tour: New York, NY; Boulder, CO; and more TBA.
About the Author
In addition to her multimedia performance work, Thalia Field is the author of Point and Line and Incarnate: Story Material. She serves on the Literary Arts faculty at Brown University and as a frequent participant in Naropa University's Summer Writing program. Born in Chicago, she currently divides her time between Providence, Rhode Island and Juneau, Alaska. Filmmaker Bill Morrison has completed twenty-three films, eight of which are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He is the recipient of two Bessie Awards and an Obie Award and his films have been screened at venues worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the Tate Modern, and Royal Festival Hall. In addition to her artwork, Abbot Stranahan has spent many years working with organizations committed to social justice community organizing throughout the country. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
Book Information
ISBN 9781566891967
Author Thalia Field
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Coffee House Press
Publisher Coffee House Press
Weight(grams) 510g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 177mm * 17mm
