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Written in her unique prose style, Gertrude Stein's The World Is Round chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Rose—a whimsical tale that delights in wordplay and sound while exploring the ideas of personal identity and individuality. This volume replicates the original 1939 edition, including all of Clement Hurd's original blue-and-white art printed on the rose-pink paper that Stein insisted upon. Also featured here are two essays that provide an inside view to the making of the book. The first, a foreword by Clement Hurd's son, author and illustrator Thacher Hurd, includes previously unpublished photographs and sheds light on a creative family life in Vermont, where his father and mother, author Edith Thacher Hurd, often collaborated on children's books. The second essay, an afterword by Edith Thacher Hurd, takes readers behind the scenes of the making of The World Is Round, including the numerous letters exchanged between Hurd and Stein as well as images of Stein with the real-life Rose and her white poodle, Love.
"The perfect mix of Gertrude Stein's painterly words and Clement Hurd's elegant illustrations make The World Is Round an unforgettable treasure." —Todd Oldham
"a book. a beautiful book. arrived. it is pink and it is smart and it is beautiful. bring that book over here so i can look at it. would you like some tea?" —Maira Kalman
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Release date
December 15, 2023 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780062311061
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780062311061
- File size: 6284 KB
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- English
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Reviews
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October 7, 2013
This 75th anniversary edition of Stein’s 1939 story of a girl named Rose returns to the original proportions, type and vivid pink paper and blue ink of the original, explains Thacher Hurd in a foreword; it also offers an essay from Edith Thacher Hurd, which first appeared in a 1986 edition and includes written exchanges between Stein and Clement Hurd. Thirty-four brief chapters written in Stein’s characteristically melodic, repetitive language follow the musings, travels, and eventual “happily ever after” of Rose and her cousin (or is he?) Willie. While Stein’s writing has always had its critics, this volume will be a treasure trove for admirers of her singular vision and Hurd’s always charming artwork. -
July 1, 2014
While the author's fans and children's-book historians are probably the main audience for this reissue of Stein's 1939 Modernist classic, it's good to have Rose and her blue- and pink-paged story back in print. Unfortunately, a smaller trim size makes the text cramped and even more off-putting than Stein's repetitive but frequently hypnotic writing.(Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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