{"product_id":"regarding-ingres-fourteen-short-stories-hardcover","title":"Regarding Ingres: Fourteen Short Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarin Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTalented emerging fiction writers find inspiration in one of the most famous paintings in New York's Frick Collection: Jean-August-Dominique Ingres's \u003ci\u003eComtesse d'Haussonville\u003c\/i\u003e from 1845.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the successful literary musings on art at the Frick, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeve Should Be Illegal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCocktails with a Curator\u003c\/i\u003e, this anthology of newly commissioned texts from graduate students in New York University's Creative Writing Program pays homage to one of the institution's most celebrated paintings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGathered here are fourteen fictional stories inspired by one of Ingres's most captivating portrait paintings. A detail of the work--the fine silk dress, a red ribbon, a shawl casually draped over the arm of a chair, the contents of a tabletop, the contemplative pose--is the starting point for each story. The pieces range from gothic tales that take place at the time of the painting in the mid-nineteenth century and stories that use the countess as a key character to a present-day ghost story and inventive sagas that take representations of the countess to faraway lands: Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, India, and a heaven that is populated solely by Black people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe faculty adviser for the project is best-selling novelist Darin Strauss, who writes the book's introduction. Illustrated with Ingres's famous portrait as well as with many lush details, this one-of-a-kind volume is an ode, both traditional and postmodern, to a glorious work of art.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarin Strauss \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eChang and Eng\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real McCoy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMore Than It Hurts You\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Tuesday, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize in Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.53 x 7.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170613301383,"sku":"9780847899128","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bfb8f902c347c253e87d6988a23941a0.webp?v=1733349455","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/regarding-ingres-fourteen-short-stories-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}