My Life in Clothes
Autor Summer Brenneren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2010
"Despite my mother’s efforts to tame me, I resisted, holding onto my creature nature until the day she informed me I would no longer be running naked in the yard or showering with my dad. It took a few scoldings before I was transformed from colt to show-pony: a proper reflection of whichever laundered, starched, pressed, brushed, straightened, zippered, tied, and buttoned garment was placed upon me."
—From the foreword of Summer Brenner's new collection of short stories, My Life in Clothes
These stories explore the charm, tyranny, and preoccupation of clothes, on and off, bought, made, or found, fashion or function, projection or expression, body and soul turned inside out.
—From the foreword of Summer Brenner's new collection of short stories, My Life in Clothes
These stories explore the charm, tyranny, and preoccupation of clothes, on and off, bought, made, or found, fashion or function, projection or expression, body and soul turned inside out.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781597091633
ISBN-10: 1597091634
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Red Hen Press
Colecția Red Hen Press
ISBN-10: 1597091634
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Red Hen Press
Colecția Red Hen Press
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Recenzii
“Summer Brenner's wonderful vignettes magically led me back to my own memories, an entire era framed in vividness and colored by the clothes I too wore: a ruffle on a vintage blouse, a cuff on a cowboy shirt, a red dress I designed for an actress, green cowboy boots with pink roses, a hat here, a bracelet there. These stories transported me. I urge other readers to join me on the same luxurious journey.”
—Jacqueline West, fashion and costume designer, two-time Oscar nominee (Quills and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
—Jacqueline West, fashion and costume designer, two-time Oscar nominee (Quills and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
“Whether you want to slip into something silky and svelte, vintage or funky, Summer Brenner has it all in her closet. These stories fit!”
—Laura Chester, author of Rancho Weirdo
—Laura Chester, author of Rancho Weirdo
“What a fashion designer sculpts in three dimensional clothing, Summer does with words, making alluring textural descriptions of several generations of an American family. We take a seat on a journey and view our collective culture through the clothes that tie these stories together.”
—Giselle Shepatin, clothing and fabric designer
—Giselle Shepatin, clothing and fabric designer
"The stories in Summer Brenner's collection, My Life in Clothes, are filled with humor, trouble, beauty, and strength. The reality is that the stories are personally closer to home than I can believe! Read them and like me, you will laugh out loud and cry."
-Denise Weinstein, clothing designer and co-owner of CP Shades
-Denise Weinstein, clothing designer and co-owner of CP Shades
Notă biografică
Summer Brenner was raised in Georgia and migrated west, first to New Mexico and eventually to northern California where she has been a long-time resident. She has published ten books of poetry, fiction, and novels for children. Her works include the critically acclaimed noir thriller from PM Press, I-5: A Novel of Crime, Transport, and Sex, which was chosen by Los Angeles Mystery Bookstore as a Top Ten Book of 2009). Gallimard's prestigious serie noire published another of Brenner's crime novels, which PM Press will release in 2011 by its English title, Nearly Nowhere. Brenner also writes fiction for youth. Her novel, Richmond Tales, Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle, was selected for a 2010 Richmond Historic Preservation award and was the subject of a Special Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond.