Alive in shape and color : 17 paintings by great artists and the stories they inspired

Summary: Pairs full-color reproductions of famous paintings with the stories they inspired, and includes contributions from Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Sarah Weinman, Michael Connelly, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Jeffery Deaver.

Record details

ISBN: 9781681775616 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: print
x, 310 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Safety rules / Jill D. Block -- Pierre, Lucien, and me / Lee Child -- Girl with a fan / Nicholas Christopher -- The third panel / Michael Connelly -- A significant find / Jeffery Deaver -- Charlie the barber / Joe R. Lansdale -- After Georgia O'Keeffe's flower / Gail Levin -- Ampurdan / Warren Moore -- Orange is for anguish, blue for insanity / David Morrell -- Les Beaux Jours / Joyce Carol Oates -- Truth comes out of her well to shame mankind / Thomas Pluck -- The great wave / S. J. Rozan -- Thinkers / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Gaslight / Jonathan Santlofer -- Blood in the sun / Justin Scott -- The big town / Sarah Weinman -- Looking for David / Lawerence Block.