THE LIFE OF A
PAINTER
Gino Severini
Translated
by
Jennifer Franchina
In 1906 the Italian futurist painter Gina
Severini arrived in Paris with no money, and no
prospects, only to become a key protagonist in
the artistic and literary circles that would spear–
head the modernist movement. His auto–
biography from th is period, translated for the
first time into English , tells the story of the
Parisian art world he knew so well , and offers
a unique account of the individuals and ideas
that created modernism .
This is a delightful new glimpse into one
of the most vibrant and exciti'1g periods in the
history of modern arts and letters.
60 halftones
Cloth: $29.95 ISBN 0-691-04419-8
Available November 1995
THE MAGICIAN'S
DOUBTS
Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction
Michael Wood
In this engrossing book Michael Wood
explores the blend of arragance and mischief that
makes Vladimir Nabokov such a fascinating and
elusive master of fiction . Woad argues that
Nabokov is neither the aesthete he liked to
pretend to be nor the heavy-handed moralist
recent critics make him.
"Wood is that ra re thing, a critic who
reads madern fiction more attentively and
astutely than anyone today, and who, in his
own beautifully supple and attractive prose,
can render his insights with grace and wis–
dom.
The Magician's Doubts
is, quite simply,
a wonderful book, not to
be
passed up."
-Edward W . Said
Cloth: $24.95 ISBN 0-691 -00632-6
Available from Princeton in the
U.S.
only
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