Guestbook : Ghost Stories by Leanne Shapton (2019, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100399158189

ISBN-139780399158186

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038713333

Product Key Features

Book TitleGuestbook : Ghost Stories

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicPsychological, Occult & Supernatural, History

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction, Photography

AuthorLeanne Shapton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-048143

Reviews"A mesmerizing pastiche of found photos, original art, and dinner party anecdotes that answer the question ''What haunts us?'' with evidence so chilling, you''ll keep flipping through the fear." - Martha Stewart Living "Shapton combines found and original visuals with unsettling, evocative stories to capture the sensation of what it feels like to try to remember a dream upon waking." - Harper''s Bazaar "Persistently uncanny . . . Shapton''s prose will leave you craving more... tactile, mysterious and seductive." - The Guardian "Part evidence log, part crime scrapbook, part secret diary, part lost family photo album, Leanne Shapton''s Guestbook is a mesmerizing collection of texts and images that builds more like a symphony than a novel. Each distinct chapter . . . elevates the traditional ghost story into an art form." - Interview Magazine "Full of unconventional storytelling. . . Guestbook also has wonderful moments of humor that reminds us that just because we are being haunted, doesn''t mean we can''t laugh." - FLAUNT Magazine "Entirely original . . . Shapton ekes ghostly mystery out of few words . . . Like the spiritual world that inspired it, Guestbook draws eerie, tantalizing power from moments of confusion. It throws into question the meanings of what we read and what we think we see." - Hyperallergic "Perfectly uncanny . . . unsettling us in sometimes terrifying and sometimes exhilarating ways. Shapton''s words are interwoven with images of art and artifacts, adding to the surreal aura of each of the stories, reminding us of the always pulsing energy that imbues nearly everything around us, always, whether we feel it right away or not." - NYLON "The multitalented Leanne Shapton presents us with another unclassifiable treasure! Guestbook is a collection of stories . . . narrated in Shapton''s inimitably offbeat style." - Largehearted Boy "This clever and evocative volume...collects ghost stories ranging from the eerie to the tender . . . Shapton inventively explores the space between presence and absence, craftily blending images and text to articulate what cannot be explained, only sensed, making for a uniquely haunting and uncanny work." - Publishers Weekly "A surreal look at everyday happenings, which is sure to leave you feeling uneasy in a good way." - Domino Magazine "Diffuse and eerie . . . We may not always get to see the lives of others, Shapton seems to say, but still they were here. A strange and haunting art project." - Kirkus Reviews "''Ghost'' is a good word for all the nameless longing that doesn''t get resolved in this lifetime. Shapton has created a mystical territory -- a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook -- in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book." - Miranda July, filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of No One Belongs Here More Than You and The First Bad Man "Guestbook reveals Shapton as a ventriloquist, a diviner, a medium, a force, a witness, a goof, and above all, a gift. One of the smartest, most moving, most unexpected books I have read in a very long time." - Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances and Little Labors "Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guestbook is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time." - Sheila Heti, Motherhood and How Should a Person Be?, "Shapton combines found and original visuals with unsettling, evocative stories to capture the sensation of what it feels like to try to remember a dream upon waking." - Harper's Bazaar "Entirely original . . . Shapton ekes ghostly mystery out of few words . . . Like the spiritual world that inspired it, Guestbook draws eerie, tantalizing power from moments of confusion. It throws into question the meanings of what we read and what we think we see." - Hyperallergic "Perfectly uncanny . . . unsettling us in sometimes terrifying and sometimes exhilarating ways. Shapton's words are interwoven with images of art and artifacts, adding to the surreal aura of each of the stories, reminding us of the always pulsing energy that imbues nearly everything around us, always, whether we feel it right away or not." - NYLON "This clever and evocative volume...collects ghost stories ranging from the eerie to the tender . . . Shapton inventively explores the space between presence and absence, craftily blending images and text to articulate what cannot be explained, only sensed, making for a uniquely haunting and uncanny work." - Publishers Weekly "A surreal look at everyday happenings, which is sure to leave you feeling uneasy in a good way." - Domino Magazine "Diffuse and eerie . . . We may not always get to see the lives of others, Shapton seems to say, but still they were here. A strange and haunting art project." - Kirkus Reviews "'Ghost' is a good word for all the nameless longing that doesn't get resolved in this lifetime. Shapton has created a mystical territory -- a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook -- in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book." - Miranda July "Guestbook reveals Shapton as a ventriloquist, a diviner, a medium, a force, a witness, a goof, and above all, a gift. One of the smartest, most moving, most unexpected books I have read in a very long time." - Rivka Galchen "Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guestbook is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time." - Sheila Heti, "Perfectly uncanny . . . unsettling us in sometimes terrifying and sometimes exhilarating ways. Shapton's words are interwoven with images of art and artifacts, adding to the surreal aura of each of the stories, reminding us of the always pulsing energy that imbues nearly everything around us, always, whether we feel it right away or not." - NYLON "'Ghost' is a good word for all the nameless longing that doesn't get resolved in this lifetime. Shapton has created a mystical territory -- a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook -- in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book." - Miranda July "Guestbook reveals Shapton as a ventriloquist, a diviner, a medium, a force, a witness, a goof, and above all, a gift. One of the smartest, most moving, most unexpected books I have read in a very long time." - Rivka Galchen "Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guestbook is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time." - Sheila Heti, "Entirely original . . . Shapton ekes ghostly mystery out of few words . . . Like the spiritual world that inspired it, Guestbook draws eerie, tantalizing power from moments of confusion. It throws into question the meanings of what we read and what we think we see." - Hyperallergic "Perfectly uncanny . . . unsettling us in sometimes terrifying and sometimes exhilarating ways. Shapton's words are interwoven with images of art and artifacts, adding to the surreal aura of each of the stories, reminding us of the always pulsing energy that imbues nearly everything around us, always, whether we feel it right away or not." - NYLON "This clever and evocative volume...collects ghost stories ranging from the eerie to the tender . . . Shapton inventively explores the space between presence and absence, craftily blending images and text to articulate what cannot be explained, only sensed, making for a uniquely haunting and uncanny work." - Publishers Weekly "A surreal look at everyday happenings, which is sure to leave you feeling uneasy in a good way." - Domino Magazine "Diffuse and eerie . . . We may not always get to see the lives of others, Shapton seems to say, but still they were here. A strange and haunting art project." - Kirkus Reviews "'Ghost' is a good word for all the nameless longing that doesn't get resolved in this lifetime. Shapton has created a mystical territory -- a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook -- in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book." - Miranda July "Guestbook reveals Shapton as a ventriloquist, a diviner, a medium, a force, a witness, a goof, and above all, a gift. One of the smartest, most moving, most unexpected books I have read in a very long time." - Rivka Galchen "Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guestbook is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time." - Sheila Heti, "Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guest Book is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time." - Sheila Heti Praise for Leanne Shapton : "Shapton writes as confidently as she draws....Her prose frequently has the density of poetry." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times "It looks like Shapton can succeed at whatever she puts her mind to....She is no doubt a creative powerhouse, one who puts words and pictures together with a quiet force that comes only from solid, dedicated practice." -- Los Angeles Times "Whenever I come across something of Leanne Shapton's--an illustration in The New York Times, or the wooden books she makes--I feel like I have found a hidden treasure." --Amy Sedaris, author of I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, "Perfectly uncanny . . . unsettling us in sometimes terrifying and sometimes exhilarating ways. Shapton's words are interwoven with images of art and artifacts, adding to the surreal aura of each of the stories, reminding us of the always pulsing energy that imbues nearly everything around us, always, whether we feel it right away or not." - NYLON "Diffuse and eerie . . . We may not always get to see the lives of others, Shapton seems to say, but still they were here. A strange and haunting art project." - Kirkus Reviews "'Ghost' is a good word for all the nameless longing that doesn't get resolved in this lifetime. Shapton has created a mystical territory -- a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook -- in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book." - Miranda July "Guestbook reveals Shapton as a ventriloquist, a diviner, a medium, a force, a witness, a goof, and above all, a gift. One of the smartest, most moving, most unexpected books I have read in a very long time." - Rivka Galchen "Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guestbook is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time." - Sheila Heti

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.6

Synopsis"Reading Guestbook ] feels akin to walking through an art exhibit, each piece linked in ways that are ineffable but clear. . . yearning, like a ghost, lingers long after the stories are done." --NPR One of our most imaginative writers and artists explores the visitations that haunt us in the midst of life, and reinvents the very way we narrate experience. A tennis prodigy collapses after his wins, crediting them to an invisible, not entirely benevolent presence. A series of ghosts appear at their former bedsides, some distraught, some fascinated, to witness their unfamiliar occupants. A woman returns from a visit to Alcatraz with an uncomfortable feeling. The spirit of a prisoner has attached himself to you, a friend tells her. He sensed the sympathy you had for those men. In more than two dozen stories and vignettes, accompanied by an evocative curiosity cabinet of artifacts and images, Guestbook beckons us through the glimmering, unsettling evidence that marks our paths in life., "Reading [ Guestbook ] feels akin to walking through an art exhibit, each piece linked in ways that are ineffable but clear. . . yearning, like a ghost, lingers long after the stories are done." --NPR One of our most imaginative writers and artists explores the visitations that haunt us in the midst of life, and reinvents the very way we narrate experience. A tennis prodigy collapses after his wins, crediting them to an invisible, not entirely benevolent presence. A series of ghosts appear at their former bedsides, some distraught, some fascinated, to witness their unfamiliar occupants. A woman returns from a visit to Alcatraz with an uncomfortable feeling. The spirit of a prisoner has attached himself to you, a friend tells her. He sensed the sympathy you had for those men. In more than two dozen stories and vignettes, accompanied by an evocative curiosity cabinet of artifacts and images, Guestbook beckons us through the glimmering, unsettling evidence that marks our paths in life.

LC Classification NumberPR9199.4.S5255A6