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The World Is Round
Hardback
Main Details
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The World Is Round
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gertrude Stein
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By (author) Clement Hurd
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By (author) Thacher Hurd
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:128 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 191,Width 152 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780062203076
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.52 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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| Imprint |
Harper Design
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| Publication Date |
11 November 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Published to commemorate its 75th anniversary, The World Is Round brings back into print the classic story created by Gertrude Stein and Clement Hurd. Written in her unique prose style, Gertrude Stein's The World Is Round chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Rose-a whimsical tale that delights in wordplay and sound while exploring the ideas of personal identity and individuality. This stunning volume replicates the original 1939 edition to a T, including all of Clement Hurd's original blue-and-white art printed on the rose-pink paper that Stein insisted upon. Also featured here are two essays that provide an inside view to the making of the book. The first, a foreword by Clement Hurd's son, author and illustrator Thacher Hurd, includes previously unpublished photographs and sheds light on a creative family life in Vermont, where his father and mother, author Edith Thacher Hurd, often collaborated on children's books. The second essay, an afterword by Edith Thacher Hurd, takes readers behind the scenes of the making of The World Is Round, including the numerous letters exchanged between Hurd and Stein as well as images of Stein with the real-life Rose and her white poodle, Love.
Author Biography
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was born in Pittsburgh of a prosperous German-Jewish family. She was educated in France and the USA, worked under the pioneering psychologist William James and later studied medicine. With her brother Leo she was an important patron of the arts, acquiring pictures by many contemporary artists, most famously Picasso, while her home became a popular meeting place for writers and painters from Matisse to Hemingway. Her books include Three Lives, Tender Buttons, and The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas."
Reviews"The perfect mix of Gertrude Stein's painterly words and Clement Hurd's elegant illustrations make The World Is Round an unforgettable treasure." -- Todd Oldham "a book. a beautiful book. arrived. it is pink and it is smart and it is beautiful. bring that book over here so i can look at it. would you like some tea?" -- Maira Kalman
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