Susan VreelandLUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY
Viking/Penguin, May 2007, hardcover; Spring 2008, paperback. Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA. Everyone knows this iconic Impressionist picture: a group of dashing young men in jerseys and boaters, and women in frilly dresses lounging in the dappled shade of a riverside restaurant near Paris on a Sunday afternoon. All the people in the picture were real Parisians of Renoir’s time—artists, journalists, actresses, friends—but what, apart from the artist’s urging, brought them all there that immortalized day? In the latest of her fictional excursions into the world of great art and its creators, Vreeland examines the mixture of relationships and motives that brought everyone together and in the process offers an unforgettable portrait of a cherished time and place. Rights to Italy (Neri Pozza), Germany (Heyne Verlag), Holland (Bzztoh) Israel (Kineret) and Portugal (Emergencia). PUBLISHED WORKSGIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE Makes one of Vermeer's luminous 17th century Dutch interiors the heart of a collection of linked stories. BOOK SENSE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST. NY TIMES Bestseller—Over 500,000 copies in print. Book-Of-The-Month Club. Quality Paperback Book Club. Rights to Australia (Hodder Headline), Brazil (Companhia das Letras), Denmark (Lindhardt & Ringhof), England (Headline), France (Belfond), Finland (Werner Soderstrom Oy), Germany (Heyne Verlag), Holland (Bzztoh), Israel (Kineret), Italy (Edizione Piemme), Japan (Hiroshi Hayakawa), Spain (Emece), Sweden (Bonniers) Audio rights to HighBridge Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA. THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA Vreeland’s powerful novel re-imagines 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Genteleschi's life in passionately haunting detail. Book of the Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club Main Selection. BOOKSENSE #2 PICK FOR JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2003 Rights to England (Headline), Finland (Werner Soderstrom Oy), France (Belfond), Germany (Heyne Verlag) Audio rights to HighBridge Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA. THE FOREST LOVER Emily Carr was a pioneer in many ways: as a woman determined to live life her own way, in a time and place that frowned on that, as an artist determined to break free from the dead hand of English conservatism at the turn of the century and as a human being who cherished the Indians of the Canadian Northwest as artists and people in harmony with nature, rather than the heathen savages the church and the comfortable saw. Vreeland has written a passionate, often moving and ultimately triumphant tale of an unforgettable woman who gave up love, comfort and peace of mind for an inescapable inspiration. Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA. LIFE STUDIES There really were ‘potato eaters’ in Van Gogh’s Holland, to whom he was an odd young man with red hair; an old gardener arranged the water lilies just so for Monet; and Cezanne’s portrait helped a young man grow into his life. In a series of deeply intuitive and penetrating stories, Vreeland looks at artists and the effect they have on people around them. Translation rights controlled by publisher. Film rights controlled by BBA. |
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