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Audio Book Selections: Art & Artists

Did you know that August is National American Artist Appreciation Month?  In the spirit of celebrating art and artists, this month’s audio book selections feature works centered on artists of all kinds, from musical to poetical and works of art.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (CD Fic Tartt)

A bildungsroman focused on Theodore Decker and The Goldfinch, a 1654 painting by Carel Fabritius of a chained goldfinch.

The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro (CD Fic Shapiro)

Artist Claire Roth is asked to forge a Degas painting that was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum over 25 years ago.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (CD Fic Joyce)

In James Joyce’s first novel, Stephen Daedalus transforms into an artist as he grows from boy to man.

Life Studies : stories by Susan Vreeland (CD Fic Vreeland) 

An exploration of the power of art and the people whose lives intertwined with artists such as Monet and Van Gogh.

The Man Called Cash by Steve Turner (CD 780.92 C338tc)

The exclusive authorized biography of Johnny Cash, the iconic music artist whose influence continues in American popular culture today.

Check out the audio book display in the 2nd floor Library!

Posted on Aug. 23, 2017 by Sou Phetsomphou