{"product_id":"portrait-in-red-a-paris-obsession-hardcover","title":"Portrait in Red: A Paris Obsession - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. John Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe quest to uncover the history of a mysterious painting, and a joyous exploration of art in the twentieth century and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile wandering the streets of Paris in 2015, L. John Harris finds an abandoned, unfinished, and strangely compelling painting. The subject: a girl wearing a bright-red head covering, fixing her viewer with a foreboding gaze. The painting bears no signature, only the date: January 12, 1935. Harris, a journalist and illustrator, embarks on a multi-year quest to uncover the story behind this painting. His sleuthing has given birth to \u003ci\u003ePortrait in Red\u003c\/i\u003e, a wide-ranging exploration of art and its enduring mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith wit and a contagious enthusiasm, Harris traces unexpected connections between Paris on the eve of World War II, his bohemian life in the San Francisco Bay Area, the aura of original paintings, the magic of found objects, and the aesthetics of a perfect croque monsieur. \u003ci\u003ePortrait in Red \u003c\/i\u003ewill delight lovers of Edmund de Waal's \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e or Michael Finkel's \u003ci\u003eThe Art Thief\u003c\/i\u003e. By turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, it is an existential detective story, set among world tragedies, art-historical epiphanies, and comic hijinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. John Harris\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Los Angeles, studied art and literature at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. Seduced by Berkeley's food revolution in the 1970s, Harris worked at several iconic shops and restaurants and wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Garlic\u003c\/i\u003e (1974). He launched his cookbook company, Aris Books, in 1980 and his \"Foodoodles\" cartoon byline in Bay Area magazines led to a series of illustrated memoirs: \u003ci\u003eFoodoodles\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eCafé French\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eMy Little Plague Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). Mr. Harris coproduced with PBS in 2001 the film \u003ci\u003eLos Romeros: The Royal Family of the Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e and serves as the curator of the Harris Guitar Collection at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Harris's next book is a history of Berkeley's \"gourmet ghetto,\" to be published by Heyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.58 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758577647904,"sku":"9781597146494","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bd8282ab309dbe8067154e5ddfe17988_e7dde1ef-60c5-406a-8ac2-bfbbb3aa7d93.webp?v=1780129642","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/portrait-in-red-a-paris-obsession-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}