The Star Online: Lifestyle: Bookshelf
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| Posted: 28 May 2013 06:07 AM PDT LUXURY travellers looking to add to their collection of coffee table city guides may want to hit bookstores in London where shelves are now stocked with Louis Vuitton's latest, limited-edition travel books. Illustrated by Japanese artist Natsko Seki, the London guide renders sites like the Tate Modern art gallery and Regent's Canal – sites chosen because they express the "spirit of London," Seki said – in her signature style, which super-imposes hand-drawn sketches and colours on top of still photographs. Explaining the modus operandi behind her images, Seki said in a video: "In my mind it was as if I was creating a 3D city with everyday scenes like somebody walking their dog and the passers-by turning around to look." Other editions of Louis Vuitton Travel Book released this month include Paris, illustrated by Congolese painter Cheri Samba, New York done by French illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme, and Easter Island, interpreted by American artist Daniel Arsham. According to forbes.com, these four editions of the Travel Book will retail for US$56 (RM169) each. They will also come in a special collector's volume. Each of the cities will come in a limited edition of 50. They will be leather-bound, signed and numbered by the artist and they will include a print ready for framing. The price for the limited edition volume is yet to be announced. Starwood-owned hotel chain The Luxury Collection also launched its own series of travel guides covering Italy, Argentina, India, Spain, Greece and the US for the well-heeled traveller. In partnership with top-end publisher Assouline, the collection of guides features commentary from star chefs such as Mario Batali and Jose Andres, and is illustrated by Vanity Fair and GQ photographer Francis Mallman. The six soft-cover books, 90 pages each, are being offered at Assouline.com in a vintage-inspired travel box at US$140 (RM424). – AFP Relaxnews |
| Posted: 27 May 2013 04:14 PM PDT US writer Lydia Davis (pic), best known for her unconventionally short stories, last Wednesday claimed the prestigious Man Booker International Prize at a London ceremony. The New York based author beat off competition from the nine other authors who made the shortlist to win the award, which honours "achievement in fiction on the world stage". While Davis writes conventional short stories, others consist of just one paragraph or sentence. One of these stories, A Double Negative, reads: "At a certain point in her life, she realises it is not so much that she wants to have a child as that she does not want not to have a child, or not to have had a child." The £60,000 (RM275,600) prize is presented every two years and is awarded to a living author for work published originally in English or available in translation in English. Christopher Ricks, chair of the judging panel, paid tribute to Davis's ability to "realise things down to the very word or syllable". The Man Booker website quoted one of her other stories: "I was recently denied a writing prize because they said I was lazy," it reads. "Well, not any more," said the website. – AFP Relaxnews |
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