Christensen pens a scintillating comedy of life among the avant-garde--of theuntidy truths, needy egos, and jostling for position behind the glossy facadeof artistic greatness--in this PEN Faulkner Award-winning story of a New YorkCity painter living in the heroic generation of the 1940s and 1950s.
Hugh Whittier, at 40, has led a life of blissful dissipation, during which he has mastered gourmet cooking and contracted a possibly fatal disease that is only exacerbated by his addiction to cigarettes. Taking refuge in the family mansion in upstate New York, Hugo becomes involved with a diverse variety of women, including the ex-wife of his ...
In Kate Christensen's amusing first novel, Claudia Steiner's life is going nowhere. She's involved in an unsatisfying romance while secretly in love with her friend William. She has no money. She drinks too much. She has a ridiculous job as secretary (and unsung ghostwriter) to a best-selling but mean, snobbish, and possibly insane writer; the job ...
For years, Jeremy has been in love with his boss, the charismatic action star Ted Masterson. When Ted and his wife adopt a child, Jeremy loses his job as Ted's personal assistant. Set adrift in New York, Jeremy looks for love, tries his hand at writing pornography, works on his novel, and does his best to forget Ted and move on in the brand new ...
A vibrant story of female friendship and midlife sexual awakening from the acclaimed author of "The Great Man, Trouble" is a funny, moving examination of the battle between the need for connection and the quest for freedom that every modern woman must fight.
Artist James C. Christensen's keen observation of humanity and endless supply of imagination have made him one of the world's most beloved artists. From his childhood in Culver City, California, to his professional career at Brigham Young University, Christensen has cast his perceptive eye on the world, translating it into engaging and inventive ...
At the bottom of the garden where the yellow leaves of the forsythia bush entwine with the sweet-smelling lilac, where the hollyhocks grow and a crystal pond reflects the bobbing blossoms of spring, there is, if you look very carefully, a beautiful Ice Palace, shining like diamonds in the setting sun. And if you look even closer, you might just ...
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