The Cheese Monkeys: A Coming-of-Age College Novel of Art, Maturity, and Inspiration in the 1950s - Couverture souple

Kidd, Chip

 
9780061452482: The Cheese Monkeys: A Coming-of-Age College Novel of Art, Maturity, and Inspiration in the 1950s
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0061452483 ISBN 13 : 9780061452482
Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

After 15 years of designing more than 1,500 book jackets at Knopf for such authors as Anne Rice and Michael Chrichton, Kidd has crafted an affecting an entertaining novel set at a state university in the late 1950s that is both slap-happily funny and heartbreakingly sad. The Cheese Monkeys is a college novel that takes place over a tightly written two semesters. The book is set in the late 1950s at State U, where the young narrator, has decided to major in art, much to his parents’ dismay. It is an autobiographical, coming-of-age novel which tells universally appealing stories of maturity, finding a calling in life, and being inspired by a loving, demanding, and highly eccentric teacher.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chip Kidd was born in Reading, PA in 1964. He lives in New York City and Stonington, CT.

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After 15 years of designing more than 1,500 book jackets at Knopf for such authors as Anne Rice and Michael Chrichton, Kidd has crafted an affecting an entertaining novel set at a state university in the late 1950s that is both slap-happily funny and heartbreakingly sad. The Cheese Monkeys is a college novel that takes place over a tightly written two semesters. The book is set in the late 1950s at State U, where the young narrator, has decided to major in art, much to his parents’ dismay. It is an autobiographical, coming-of-age novel which tells universally appealing stories of maturity, finding a calling in life, and being inspired by a loving, demanding, and highly eccentric teacher.

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Éditeur
Harper Perennial
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0061452483
ISBN 13 
9780061452482
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780743214926: Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0743214927 ISBN 13 :  9780743214926
Editeur : Scribner, 2002
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