Pieces of Glass An Artoir
by John Sacret Young
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Pub Date Feb 09 2016 | Archive Date Jul 19 2016
Description
Pieces of Glass — the lead Spring title from the recently revitalized Tallfellow Press — is a memoir: a tour of a life enriched by a private and eclectic art collection of works owned by the author, and those he wished he owned. The book is by John Sacret Young, who moved from the Atlantic east coast, and is now a long-time L.A .resident. The story starts in the 1960’s — his adolescent years, and follows an illuminating journey through adulthood. After writing about and collecting art for much of his life, Young has decided it’s time to release his beloved works back out into the world to be cherished by the next lovers of beauty. “We really don’t own art, we just borrow it for a time,” said Young, who will be selling choice pieces from his collection in New York in May.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
Praise for Young’s previous books:
Elmore Leonard: “Young writes so well, his memoir works as a novel. He brings to life real people in dramatic situations with indelible grace and the restless energy of emotions that even the passage of time cannot quell.”
The New Yorker called him “a writer of effortless dexterity and a true, unaffected originality . . . The story he tells cuts right to the bone.”
Los Angeles Times: “This is serious, touching, original fiction.”
And from the Forward by Jonathan Galassi, Publisher, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: “This is one of the best books I know about why and how art--the creating but also the apprehending of it--gives meaning to life, becomes a way of living.”
And for Pieces of Glass: “Young has made his masterpiece.” —Scott Eyman. Best-selling author of John Wayne: Life and Legend.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781931290975 |
| PRICE | $34.95 (USD) |
