In Sunlight Or In Shadow, Lawrence Block
In Sunlight Or In Shadow, Lawrence Block
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In Sunlight Or In Shadow
Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Ensemble Cast

Unabridged: 9 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2016

Categories: Fiction, Anthologies

Synopsis

In a truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, this newly-commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly-crafted stories, each inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin, Hopper's biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonee, appears with her own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime.

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is an award-winning, internationally renowned bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series as well as dozens of short stories, articles, and books on writing. Block lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper

Don’t you hate it when you’re hoping for great and get merely pretty good instead? I was really excited about this going in. Lawrence Block edited a collection of short stories in which each one was based on an Edward Hopper painting, and the writers include some of my favorites like Stephen King, Me......more

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma

5★ Superb! Oh, how intriguing! If you’ve ever seen any Edward Hopper paintings, you’ll understand how evocative they are – of time, place, situation – a peek at somebody’s private moment where you’re longing to eavesdrop. It's impossible not to wonder about them. Block puts it this way: “Hopper was......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

Edward Hopper, who’s he? That was my initial reaction on opening up this anthology. But I’d loved the idea of a collection of short stories written by established writers, gathered together by one of my favourite scribes, Lawrence Block. I was soon to find out that Hopper’s paintings have quality th......more

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