Fofi Goffredo Foreword (3 results)

Hardcover in dust jacket. First UK edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

2013, 512pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. A photographic journey that spans the greats of contemporary literature, Portrait of the Writer is a collection of more than 250 images of the world's most renowned and revered writers, as immortalized by renowned photographers. The book features unforgettable images of 20th-century literary greats - Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Mann, Marcel Proust, Samuel Beckett - to the stars of today - Haruki Murakami, Zadie Smith, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and many more. Portrait of the Writer offers a sweeping cast of literary characters, showcasing a stunning collection of photographs that are now part of our collective memory.…

Quarto; hardcover, with blind-stamped upper board decoration, silver-gilt spine titles and a black ribbon; 512pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; some marks to the text block edges. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed. Near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Auden by Avedon; de Beauvoir by Cartier-Bresson; Duras by Doisneau; Proust by Man Ray; Huxley by Halsman; Apolliaire by Picasso; Arundhati Roy by Raghu Rai; Raymond Carver by Bob Adelman; Zadie Smith by Eamonn McCabe. Spanning from the late nineteenth century to the present day, Portrait of the Writer is a dazzling photographic collection of 250 stars of literature, as immortalized by some of the world's greatest photographers. Each photograph is accompanied by a biography of the writer, providing a concise overview of their life and literary accomplishments. What is clear from this extensive, wide-ranging selection is the immense skill of the photographers who have observed writers, captured them and presented them to history. Our curiosity and memories are stimulated as much by the artists behind the lens as by their distinguished subjects.…