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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Insight Editions
Publication date
August 12, 2014
Pages
162
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781608873937
ISBN-10
1608873935
Dimensions
0.50 by 7.25 by 8.50 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The trade paperback reprint of James Francoâs thoughtful reflection on childhood through a series of personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and short stories.
An actor treads the line between reality and fiction every time he plays a part, and for James Franco, that exploration isnât limited to the screenâheâs also a visual artist with several exhibitions under his belt as well as the author of the widely praised story collection Palo Alto. In A California Childhood he plays with the concept of memoir through personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and stories. âI was born in 1978 at Stanford Hospital and spent my first eighteen years in a single house at the end of a cul-de-sac in Palo Alto,â Franco writes in his introduction. Steve Jobsâs daughter and the grandson of one of the Hewlett-Packard founders may have both been in his graduating class, but just across the freeway from his home turf lay East Palo Alto, which in 1992 had the highest murder rate per capita in the country. For Franco, the terrain of his upbringing is fraught with the complication of a city divided. But within that diversity, universal aspects of adolescence rise to the surface, and those are the subjects at the heart of Francoâs work. Ultimately this is a portrait of a childhood brightened by California sunshine, but with trouble waiting in the shadows. At turns funny, dark, and emotional, the journey of this book delivers an undeniable immediacy. And at the end, the reader is left wondering just where the boundary lies between Francoâs art and his true life.
An actor treads the line between reality and fiction every time he plays a part, and for James Franco, that exploration isnât limited to the screenâheâs also a visual artist with several exhibitions under his belt as well as the author of the widely praised story collection Palo Alto. In A California Childhood he plays with the concept of memoir through personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and stories. âI was born in 1978 at Stanford Hospital and spent my first eighteen years in a single house at the end of a cul-de-sac in Palo Alto,â Franco writes in his introduction. Steve Jobsâs daughter and the grandson of one of the Hewlett-Packard founders may have both been in his graduating class, but just across the freeway from his home turf lay East Palo Alto, which in 1992 had the highest murder rate per capita in the country. For Franco, the terrain of his upbringing is fraught with the complication of a city divided. But within that diversity, universal aspects of adolescence rise to the surface, and those are the subjects at the heart of Francoâs work. Ultimately this is a portrait of a childhood brightened by California sunshine, but with trouble waiting in the shadows. At turns funny, dark, and emotional, the journey of this book delivers an undeniable immediacy. And at the end, the reader is left wondering just where the boundary lies between Francoâs art and his true life.
Editions
Hardcover
from Insight Editions (March 26, 2013); titled "A California Childhood"
9781608872022 | details & prices | 152 pages | 7.50 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $29.99
About: An actor treads the line between reality and fiction every time he plays a part, and for James Franco, that exploration isnât limited to the screenâheâs also a visual artist with several exhibitions under his belt as well as the author of the widely praised story collection Palo Alto.
About: An actor treads the line between reality and fiction every time he plays a part, and for James Franco, that exploration isnât limited to the screenâheâs also a visual artist with several exhibitions under his belt as well as the author of the widely praised story collection Palo Alto.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Insight Editions (August 12, 2014); titled "A California Childhood"
9781608873937 | details & prices | 162 pages | 7.25 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $15.95
About: The trade paperback reprint of James Francoâs thoughtful reflection on childhood through a series of personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and short stories.
About: The trade paperback reprint of James Francoâs thoughtful reflection on childhood through a series of personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and short stories.
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