signed first edition Hard Cover
1997 · New York
by Otto, Whitney
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1997 Hard Cover. xi, 276 pp. In The Passion Dream Book Whitney Otto blends fiction and history to explore the tumultuous relationship between art and the lives artists chose in the service of their art. Otto weaves a story that shifts from the Italian Renaissance to the Harlem Renaissance of 1930s America. The novel--the second from the author of the well-loved How to Make an American Quilt--opens with the story of Guilietta Marcel, a young Florentine girl who spies on the artist Michelangelo while he sculpts the "David" in his studio and aspires herself to create art. Then we jump to the 20th century, where Romy March, a descendant of Guilietta, faces a related collection of difficult choices in the quest to become an artist herself. (Inventory #: 2282286)