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Previously Published – Henry Holt Nonfiction Charles J. Shields AND SO IT GOES Kurt Vonnegut: A Life Publication: November 2011 Category: Biography Editor: Aaron Schlechter From the National Bestselling author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee comes the first authoritative and authorized biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a writer who changed the conversation of American literature. AND SO IT GOES is the culmination of five years of research and writing. For the six months prior to Vonnegut’s death, Charles Shields worked with the iconic novelist on an authorized portrait of his life. Reluctant at first, Vonnegut came round to the idea of revealing many heretofore little known events in his life, including: the effects of his mother’s suicide; his internment as a POW in Dresden during WWII; his many years as a literary failure before his breakout success in his late 40’s; his adoption of three children when they were orphaned by his sister and brother-in-law; and his alcoholism and his own attempted suicide. The twenty-first century has seen interest in and scholarship about Vonnegut's works grow even stronger, and this is the first book to examine in full the life of one of the most influential iconoclasts of his time. Charles J. Shields is the author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, the highly acclaimed, bestselling biography of Harper Lee, and I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers). "An incisive, gossipy page-turner of a biography." –Janet Maslin, The New York Times "An engaging, surprising and empathetic page-turner"— Deirdre Donahue, USA Today "The first truly exacting look into the life of a man who has fascinated so many."—Esquire Magazine British: Henry Holt Translation: Henry Holt Rights sold: Hungarian / Maecenas Konyvkiado, Japanese / Kashiwashobo, Polish / Albatros
Previously Published – Henry Holt Nonfiction Anthony Bailey VELÁZQUEZ AND THE SURRENDER OF BREDA The Making of a Masterpiece Publication: November 2011 Category: Biography Editor: Jack Macrae From the author of Vermeer: A View of Delft comes a narrative account of the life of the renowned painter Velazquez. Set against the end of the Spanish empire and the Rise of the Dutch Republic, this is an account that delves into Velazquez's genius. At first sight, his “Breda” appears to be a work of propaganda, a picture celebrating Spanish success and magnanimity, and yet the picture hints at different outcomes, its mastery defying the law about propaganda not being art. As he did for Vermeer in A View of Delft, Bailey reveals that Velazquez had a double life. He was not only a great artist, one of the very greatest, but also an ambitious courtier in an etiquetteridden court. He painted less as time went on and served the court more. Bailey shows Velazquez as a realist who could imagine things, such as the landscape at Breda he never actually saw, and as an artist who could paint scenes of ordinary life as if they were part of a myth, and myths as real. Anthony Bailey is the author of Vermeer: A View of Delft, two books on Rembrandt, the novel Major Andre, and nineteen other books. A writer for The New Yorker for a quarter century, Bailey has been called "one of the best descriptive writers of his generation" (John Russell, The New York Times). "A superb account....wonderfully written."—The New Yorker "This highly provocative, rich, and savory feast challenges readers to see great art with fresh eyes and in context."—Kirkus "In this witty, inquisitive, and redefining portrait…Bailey brings Velázquez forward as a brilliant and complex artist navigating an exciting and dangerous world and enables us to see his ‘split-screen’ compositions as the cutting-edge creations they were nearly four centuries ago."—Booklist, Starred Review British: Henry Holt Translation: Henry Holt
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