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Lädt ... The Cheese Monkeys : A Novel in Two Semesters (Original 2001; 2002. Auflage)von Chip Kidd
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Helpless, sheltered art student runs into reality on his first away from home and gets a real education. A great cast includes a loony drawing teacher, a fragile southern deb, our main young man, and his reckless rebellious girlfriend. Best character is the pitiless, angry design teacher, humiliating his students , teaching them lessons that I will never forget. Set in 1957-1958, a great story of the politics of art and school, and very funny! A college freshman moves out of state and takes a year of Art courses in college. He makes friends with two coeds, both of whom take the same Art courses as he does, but one of whom is way more interesting than the other. He is found trying to connect more with one (Himillsy) and avoid the other (Maybelle). During second semester (Graphic Arts), his professor is Winter Sorbeck who becomes more demeaning and outrageous as the semester progresses. I had such a hard time following the dialogues of this book that I found the story neither interesting nor entertaining. I certainly did not find it amusing. The character of Himillsy Dodd was so annoying in her attempts to one-up everyone else. It’s sad because I love retro stories, college courses, and artistic design. I don’t know where the disconnect occurred, but the book did not give me what I was expecting. The book is oddly designed in a graphic arts sense. I thought my eyes were going bad until I realized that the second half of the book was set in a different type than the first half. I thought someone had damaged the outside cover until I realized that was part of the book design. It took me quite a while to find the copyright year. I was excited just to see this book on the library shelf. The fantastic, intricate, unique cover was clearly 100% Kidd, and the story inside matched my excitement. The novel follows an unnamed freshman studying Art in the late '50s, and discovering Design. The characters were wildly, obsessively charming, the humor biting, and the conclusion strangely upsetting. Loved it. Plus, totally an introduction to graphic design. Hit it up! keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man. 'Show me something I've never seen before and will never be able to forget - if you can do that, you can do anything.' It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the trained eye and skilful hand. Our narrator at State University is determined to major in Art, and after several risible false starts, he accidentally ends up in a new class: 'Introduction to Graphic Design'. His teacher is the enigmatic Winter Sorbeck, equal parts genius, seducer and sadist. Sorbeck is a bitter yet fascinating man whose assignments hurl his charges through a gauntlet of humiliation and heartache, shame and triumph, ego-bashing and enlightenment. Along the way, friendships are made and undone, jealousies simmer, and the sexual tango weaves and dips. By the end of their 'Introduction to Graphic Design', Sorbeck's students will never see the world in the same way again. And, with Chip Kidd's insights into the secrets of graphic design, neither will you. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I let a couple of English majors take a crack at it recently, and they brought up some good points about its flaws. Still a classic, and still worthy of reading if only for the gloriousness that is Winter Sorbeck.
(Fair warning: there is one, infamous part that gets downright weird.) ( )