A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley - an illuminated novel
Language: English
Published by Goff Books, 2013
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Cameron-Wolfe Booksellers, Taos, NM, U.S.A.Cameron-Wolfe Booksellers
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Condition: Used - Fine
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A fabulous "illuminated" novel by author and Master of "The Art of the Book", Warren Lehrer, in which words, ideas, emotions and images merge to create a new hybrid multi-sensory art form. 379 pages. CONDITION: A gorgeous bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased FINE copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag, for safe storage and transport. ***** NOTE: Because of the item's size and weight (ca. 2.75 pounds securely packed) an additional shipping charge must be assessed for international orders and domestic (USA) Priority - but not to exceed the actual USPS rate. There will be no additional charge for domestic Media Mail.
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- Title
- A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley - an illuminated novel
- Author
- Warren Lehrer
- Publisher
- Goff Books
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 193962102X
- ISBN 13
- 9781939621023
- Illustrator
- Warren Lehrer [designer]
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 2.8 pounds
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
A LIFE IN BOOKS: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley is an illuminated novel containing 101 books within it, all written by Lehrer's protagonist who finds himself in prison looking back on his life and career. Nearly a year after the controversial author is thrown into a federal prison for refusing to reveal the name of a confidential source, he decides to break his silence. But it's not as simple as giving up a name to the grand jury. Over the course of one long night, in the darkness of his prison cell, he whispers his life story into a microcassette recorder, tracing his journey from the public housing project of his youth, to a career as a journalist, then experimental novelist, college professor, accidental bestselling author, pop-culture pundit, and unindicted prisoner.
In A LIFE IN BOOKS, Mobley's autobiography/apologia is paired with a review of all 101 of his books. Each book is represented by its first-edition cover design and catalogue copy, and more than a third of his books are excerpted. The resulting retrospective contrasts the published writings (which read like short stories) with the author's confessional memoir, forming a most unusual portrait of a well-intentioned, obsessively inventive (but ethically challenged) visionary.
Written and designed by award-winning author/artist Warren Lehrer, A LIFE IN BOOKS is an extraordinarily original, funny, heartwarming and heart-wrenching exploration of one man's use of books as a means of understanding himself, the people around him, and a half-century of American/global events. Rich with stories that spring from other stories, this genre-defying novel orchestrates a multicultural symphony of characters from Bleu's life and books: lovers, mothers, children, friends, enemies, teachers, students, runaways, rebels, thinkers, dreamers, believers, skeptics, the displaced and dispossessed. It celebrates the mysteries and contradictions of the creative process, and grapples with the future of the book as a medium, and the lines that separate truth, myth, and fiction. This four-color, full-length novel-containing over 101 hilarious and scrumptious book cover designs (and book-like objects)-fuses art and literature, and distinguishes itself as one of those books you'll want to hold in your hands, feast your eyes on, read and re-read, share with friends, and treasure for years to come.
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About the Author
He has received many awards for his books and multimedia projects including: the Brendan Gill Prize, the Innovative Use of Archives Award, three AIGA Book Awards, two Type Director’s Club Awards, the International Book Design Award, a Media That Matters Award, a NY Book Show Best of the Best Award, and a Prix Arts Electronica Award. He’s received fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council and Foundation for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and others. His work has been exhibited widely and is in many collections including MoMA, LA County Art Museum, The Getty Museum, Georges Pompidou Centre, and Tate Gallery.
Lehrer is also a performer, and has co-written four plays, one opera, co-composed two audio CDs, and he co-produces public radio documentaries and audio works with his wife Judith Sloan. Lehrer is a professor at the School of Art+Design at Purchase College, SUNY, and a founding faculty member of the Designer As Author grad program at the School of Visual Arts. Together with Sloan, Lehrer founded EarSay, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to uncovering and portraying the lives of the uncelebrated in print, on stage, on radio, in exhibitions, electronic media, and through educational programs in public schools, community centers, and prisons.
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