Chip Kidd:The Cheese Monkeys : A Novel in Two Semesters by Chip Kidd
- livre d'occasion ISBN: 9780743214926
A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man."Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?"Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can … Plus…
A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man."Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?"Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can tell you that "The Cheese Monkeys" is a witty and effervescent coming-of-age novel about headless waterfowl, fake plastic babies, and the basic tenets of graphic design. It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the trained eye and skillful hand. Our narrator at State U is determined to major in Art, and after several risible false starts, he ends up by accident in a new class called "Introduction to Graphic Design." Art 127 is taught by the enigmatic Winter Sorbeck, professor and guru (think Gary Cooper crossed with Darth Vader) -- equal parts genius, seducer, and sadist. Sorbeck is a bitter yet fascinating man whose assignments hurl his charges through a gauntlet of humiliation and heartache, shame and triumph, ego-bashing and enlightenment. Along the way, friendships are made and undone, jealousies simmer, the sexual tango weaves and dips.As readers, we too are under Sorbeck's bizarre spell, spurred on by his demand: "Show me something I've never seen before and will never be able to forget-if you can do that, you can do anything." By the end of "The Cheese Monkeys," the members of Art 127 will never see the world the same way again. And, thanks to Chip Kidd's insights into the secrets of graphic design, neither will you."Not only has Chip Kidd altered the face of publishing with his revolutionary book jackets, he has also written a really good debut novel (the bastard), and the big surprise is that the edgy, postmodern graphic designer who radicalized the way we look at thefront of books is a pleasing, elegant traditionalist between covers. "The Cheese Monkeys" is a touching throwback: The story of an innocent young man's education, it has suspense, likable and vivid characters, a romantic, pitch-perfect re-creation of late '50s behavior and slang, and an effortlessly sustained comic charm throughout (and without curdling into cuteness -- "not" a simple achievement). I also can't remember the last time I read what is ostensibly a 'college' novel that actually taught me something." -- Bret Easton Ellis Media > Book, [PU: Simon & Schuster, Scribner]<
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Chip Kidd:Cheese Monkeys : A Novel in Two Semesters by Chip Kidd
- livre d'occasion ISBN: 9780743214926
A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man."Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?"Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can … Plus…
A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man."Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?"Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can tell you that "The Cheese Monkeys" is a witty and effervescent coming-of-age novel about headless waterfowl, fake plastic babies, and the basic tenets of graphic design. It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the trained eye and skillful hand. Our narrator at State U is determined to major in Art, and after several risible false starts, he ends up by accident in a new class called "Introduction to Graphic Design." Art 127 is taught by the enigmatic Winter Sorbeck, professor and guru (think Gary Cooper crossed with Darth Vader) -- equal parts genius, seducer, and sadist. Sorbeck is a bitter yet fascinating man whose assignments hurl his charges through a gauntlet of humiliation and heartache, shame and triumph, ego-bashing and enlightenment. Along the way, friendships are made and undone, jealousies simmer, the sexual tango weaves and dips.As readers, we too are under Sorbeck's bizarre spell, spurred on by his demand: "Show me something I've never seen before and will never be able to forget-if you can do that, you can do anything." By the end of "The Cheese Monkeys," the members of Art 127 will never see the world the same way again. And, thanks to Chip Kidd's insights into the secrets of graphic design, neither will you."Not only has Chip Kidd altered the face of publishing with his revolutionary book jackets, he has also written a really good debut novel (the bastard), and the big surprise is that the edgy, postmodern graphic designer who radicalized the way we look at thefront of books is a pleasing, elegant traditionalist between covers. "The Cheese Monkeys" is a touching throwback: The story of an innocent young man's education, it has suspense, likable and vivid characters, a romantic, pitch-perfect re-creation of late '50s behavior and slang, and an effortlessly sustained comic charm throughout (and without curdling into cuteness -- "not" a simple achievement). I also can't remember the last time I read what is ostensibly a 'college' novel that actually taught me something." -- Bret Easton Ellis Media > Book, [PU: Simon & Schuster, Scribner]<
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Kidd, Chip:The Cheese Monkeys: a novel in two semesters
- Première édition 2001, ISBN: 0743214927
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