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Books by Geoff Dyer
  | | OUT OF SHEER RAGE by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42946-1, ISBN: 0-312-42946-0 "Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence is the best book about not writing a book about D.H Lawrence ever written. Other people have written untraditional, even loopy tributes to the priest of love before--including boon companions Anais Nin and Henry Miller--but no one has done it with Dyer's chutzpah, or with such fantastic success. Dyer started out with the intention of writing either a sober academic study of Lawren ..." |
 | | Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi(1st Edition) (Vintage) by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-39030-1, ISBN: 0-307-39030-6 "A "New York Times "Notable Book A Best Book of the Year: "The Economist, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate.com, "and "Time" In Venice, at the Biennale, a jaded, bellini-swigging journalist named Jeff Atman meets a beautiful woman and they embark on a passionate affair. In Varanasi, an unnamed journalist (who may or may not be Jeff) joins thousands of pilgrims on the banks of the holy Ganges. He intends to stay for a few day ..." |
 | | The Colour of Memory(Updated) A Novel by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-677-4, ISBN: 1-55597-677-8 "The first novel, in revised form, from "possibly the best living writer in Britain" (The Daily Telegraph)In The Colour of Memory, six friends plot a nomadic course through their mid-twenties as they scratch out an existence in near-destitute conditions in 1980s South London. They while away their hours drinking cheap beer, landing jobs and quickly squandering them, smoking weed, dodging muggings, listening to Coltrane, finding and losin ..." |
 | | Otherwise Known as the Human Condition(1st Edition) Selected Essays and Reviews by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2011 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-579-1, ISBN: 1-55597-579-8 "*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**A New York Times Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year, as selected by Dwight Garner*Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both sides of the Atlantic through his wildly inventive, romantic novels as well as several brilliant, uncategorizable works of nonfiction. All the while he has been writing some of the witti ..." |
 | | But Beautiful A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2009 by Picador Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42947-8, ISBN: 0-312-42947-9 ""May be the best book ever written about jazz."--David Thomson, Los Angeles Times In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the str ..." |
 | | The Ongoing Moment(Reprint) by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2007 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3168-9, ISBN: 1-4000-3168-0 "The Ongoing Moment Great photographs change the way we see the world; "The Ongoing Moment" changes the way we look at both. Focusing on the ways in which canonical figures like Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Andre Kertesz, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston have photographed the same things--barber shops, benches, hands, roads, signs-award-winning writer Geoff Dyer seeks to identify their sig ..." |
 | | The Missing of the Somme(1st Edition) (Vintage) by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2011 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-74297-1, ISBN: 0-307-74297-0 "Geoff Dyer's classic "The Missing of the Somme" is part travelogue, part meditation on remembrance--and completely, unabashedly, unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, he examines the way that photographs and film, poetry and prose determined--sometimes in advance of the events described--the way we would think about and remember the war. With his characteristic originality and ins ..." |
 | | Zona A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room (Vintage) by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2012 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-39031-8, ISBN: 0-307-39031-4 "Zona A "Huffington Post" Best Book of the Year There is no other writer at work today like the award-winning Geoff Dyer. Here he embarks on an investigation into Andrei Tarkovsky's "Stalker, " the masterpiece of cinema that has haunted him since he first saw it thirty years ago. Full description" |
 | | The Last Days of Roger Federer And Other Endings (Hardback or Cased Book) by Geoff Dyer Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2022 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-60556-8, ISBN: 0-374-60556-4 ""A reflection on the late works and last days of artists, writers, musicians, and athletes"--" |
 | | Out of Sheer Rage Wrestling With D.H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1999 by North Point Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86547-540-3, ISBN: 0-86547-540-7 "Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence is the best book about not writing a book about D.H Lawrence ever written. Other people have written untraditional, even loopy tributes to the priest of love before--including boon companions Anais Nin and Henry Miller--but no one has done it with Dyer's chutzpah, or with such fantastic success. Dyer started out with the intention of writing either a sober academic study of Lawrence or a ..." |
 | | See/Saw Looking at Photographs (Paperback) by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2021 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64445-044-4, ISBN: 1-64445-044-5 "A lavishly illustrated history of photography in essays by the author of Otherwise Known as the Human Condition See/Saw shows how photographs frame and change our perspective on the world." |
 | | 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' Watching 'Where Eagles Dare' by Geoff Dyer Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2019 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-1-5247-4757-2, ISBN: 1-5247-4757-2 "From a writer of "derelict luminosity" (David Mitchell), a scene-by-scene exploration of Where Eagles Dare, one of cinema's most cherished and popular films, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.Geoff Dyer has loved Where Eagles Dare since childhood. It is both a thrillingly realized Alpine World War II adventure with tough, compelling acting from its two great stars, Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, and a flippant travesty, reduci ..." |
 | | The Search(1st Edition) A Novel by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2014 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-678-1, ISBN: 1-55597-678-6 ""A short, brilliant novel, "The Search" offers more in 150 pages than most books twice that length." "The Guardian"""Walker meets Rachel at a glamorous party by the bay. When she turns up at his apartment two days later, there is a hint of erotic promise in the air. But it isn't Walker she wants at least not yet. Her husband, Malory, has gone missing, and she wants Walker to find him. So begins Walker's quest, as well as this beautiful ..." |
 | | Zona(1st Edition) A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2012 by Pantheon Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37738-8, ISBN: 0-307-37738-5 "From a writer whose mastery encompasses fiction, criticism, and the fertile realm between the two, comes a new book that confirms his reputation for the unexpected.In Zona, Geoff Dyer attempts to unlock the mysteries of a film that has haunted him ever since he first saw it thirty years ago: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. (“Every single frame,” declared Cate Blanchett, “is burned in ..." |
 | | Paris Trance(1st Edition) A Romance by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42944-7, ISBN: 0-312-42944-4 "Recipe for a millennial novel about twentysomethings living abroad: Take two couples and combine with equal parts desperation and languid slacking. Gently blend with just a pinch of romance. Actually, on second thought, just dump a whole lot of sex into the pot and bring to a boil. Sprinkle with lengthy discussions about the merits of particular movies, directors, etc. Finally, just add drugs. Ready to serve! Geoff Dyer's Paris Trance ..." |
 | | Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi(1st Edition) A Novel by Geoff Dyer Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Pantheon Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37737-1, ISBN: 0-307-37737-7 "Book DescriptionA wildly original novel (what else would we expect from this fearless and funny writer?) that explores the underbelly of erotic fulfillment and spiritual yearning. Every two years the international art world descends on Venice for the opening of the Biennale. Among them is Jeff Atmanâa jaded, dissolutely resolute journalistâwhose dedication to the cause of Bellini-fuelled party-going is only intermittently disturbed ..." |
 | | White Sands(Reprint) Experiences from the Outside World by Geoff Dyer Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-101-97012-6, ISBN: 1-101-97012-X "From “one of our most original writers” (Kathryn Schulz, New York magazine) comes an expansive and exacting book—firmly grounded but elegant, often hilarious, and always inquisitive—about travel, unexpected awareness, and the questions we ask when we step outside ourselves. Geoff Dyer’s restless search—for what? is unclear, even to him—continues in this series of fascinating adventures and pilgrimages: with a tour guide who may not be ..." |
 | | Out of Sheer Rage(1st Edition) Wrestling With D.H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 1998 by North Point Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-86547-533-5, ISBN: 0-86547-533-4 "Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence is the best book about not writing a book about D.H Lawrence ever written. Other people have written untraditional, even loopy tributes to the priest of love before--including boon companions Anais Nin and Henry Miller--but no one has done it with Dyer's chutzpah, or with such fantastic success. Dyer started out with the intention of writing either a sober academic study of Lawrence or a ..." |
 | | The Bad Side of Books(1st Edition) Selected Essays of D.H. Lawrence (New York Review Books Classics) by D.H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2019 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-68137-363-8, ISBN: 1-68137-363-7 "You could describe D.H. Lawrence as the great multi-instrumentalist among the great writers of the twentieth century. He was a brilliant, endlessly controversial novelist who transformed, for better and for worse, the way we write about sex and emotions; he was a wonderful poet; he was an essayist of burning curiosity, expansive lyricism, odd humor, and radical intelligence, equaled, perhaps, only by Virginia Woolf. Here Geoff Dyer, one ..." |
 | | broadsword Calling Danny Boy' Watching 'where Eagles Dare' (Paperback) by Geoff Dyer Paperback, Published 2020 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-525-56308-2, ISBN: 0-525-56308-3 |
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