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FROM: "Sarah Herlache" <sherlache@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 12:24 PM

Hello,

The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with fine arts-related themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile everyone's responses.

Thanks!

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale,Arizona

FROM: "Gayle Richardson" <Gayle.Richardson@spl.org>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 1:37 PM

If your system is lucky enough to still own I, JAMES MCNEILL
WHISTLER:AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Lawrence Williams (and yes, despite it's title, it's
a novel). One of the most memorable reads of my life! HTH Gayle
Richardson


>>> sherlache@ci.glendale.az.us 04/24/02 10:19AM >>>
Hello,

The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine
Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction
with fine arts-related themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile
everyone's responses.

Thanks!

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale,Arizona

FROM: jessica emily jones <jejones4@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 1:59 PM

Sharp Edges by Jayne Anne Krentz features a lot of glass artistry and
pieces of glass artwork, including a museum dedicated to glass, which is
run by the main character. Set in Seattle and off the coast of
Washington. Several other contemporary Krentz romances feature the arts.

Jessica E Moyer
Graduate Student in Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Sarah Herlache wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with fine arts-related themes.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile everyone's responses.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sarah Herlache
> Foothills Library
> Glendale,Arizona
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: "Mary I Kingsbury" <mkingsbury@ocl.net>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 2:42 PM

Glass blowing/glass making is featured the first book of Nora Roberts' Irish
Trilogy 'Born In Fire'.

Mary I. Kingsbury
Supervisor - Otterville Public Library
(519) 879-6984 (voice)
(519) 879-6586 (fax)

http://www.ocl.net/locations/otterville/

FROM: Andrew Smith <asmith@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 2:42 PM

Marla at Great Falls Public Library did such a list, called "Yogurt Books
- Books With Culture". You can find it at the Fiction-L Archives, and can
find other threads by searching on "fine arts". Good luck with the
program.

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Andrew Smith asmith@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Sarah Herlache wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with fine arts-related themes.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile everyone's responses.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sarah Herlache
> Foothills Library
> Glendale,Arizona
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Katherine Merrill" <ktry9@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 2:53 PM

A must read is HEADLONG by Michael Frayn -- absolutely hilarious and
wonderful book about a philosopher's desperate scheme to obtain a supposed
"lost" Bruegel masterpiece.
Kate

******************************************
Katherine Merrill
Reference Librarian
Literature & Media Division
Rochester Public Library
Rochester, NY 14604
******************************************

>From: jessica emily jones <jejones4@students.uiuc.edu>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: fine art fiction
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 13:56:51 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Sharp Edges by Jayne Anne Krentz features a lot of glass artistry and
>pieces of glass artwork, including a museum dedicated to glass, which is
>run by the main character. Set in Seattle and off the coast of
>Washington. Several other contemporary Krentz romances feature the arts.
>
>Jessica E Moyer
>Graduate Student in Library and Information Science
>University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
>
>On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Sarah Herlache wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine
>Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with
>fine arts-related themes.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile
>everyone's responses.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sarah Herlache
> > Foothills Library
> > Glendale,Arizona
> >
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: Kathleen Stipek <kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 2:53 PM

Also The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte. It has art, forgery,
chess, conniving, and murder.

........................................................................
Kathleen Stipek, Adult Services/Interlibrary Loans, Alachua County
Library District (FMG), 401 E. University AV, Gainesville FL 32601
(kstipek@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us)
352-334-3938 (v) 352-334-3948 (f)

"Non, merci."--Cyrano de Bergerac


-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Merrill [mailto:ktry9@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:44 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: fine art fiction


A must read is HEADLONG by Michael Frayn -- absolutely hilarious and
wonderful book about a philosopher's desperate scheme to obtain a supposed
"lost" Bruegel masterpiece.
Kate

******************************************
Katherine Merrill
Reference Librarian
Literature & Media Division
Rochester Public Library
Rochester, NY 14604
******************************************

>From: jessica emily jones <jejones4@students.uiuc.edu>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: fine art fiction
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 13:56:51 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Sharp Edges by Jayne Anne Krentz features a lot of glass artistry and
>pieces of glass artwork, including a museum dedicated to glass, which is
>run by the main character. Set in Seattle and off the coast of
>Washington. Several other contemporary Krentz romances feature the arts.
>
>Jessica E Moyer
>Graduate Student in Library and Information Science
>University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
>
>On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Sarah Herlache wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine
>Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with

>fine arts-related themes.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile
>everyone's responses.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sarah Herlache
> > Foothills Library
> > Glendale,Arizona
> >
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: Kathy Mitchum <kdm@ckls.org>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 2:53 PM

Dick Francis' book, Shattered, deals with glassblowing/glass sculpture.

At 10:19 AM 4/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine Art of
Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with fine
arts-related themes.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions?  I will be very happy to compile everyone's
responses.

Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
1409 Williams
Great Bend, KS 67530

(620-792-4865) phone
(620-792-5495) fax

kdm@ckls.org

FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 3:03 PM

Dorothy L. Sayers The Five Red Herrings is set in an artists' colony in
Scotland and the plot hinges on the styles of the artists.

I would never have remembered this except that I'm listening to a sound
recording of it right now, but anytime you can work Sayers into a display, I
say go for it!

If the "fine" in art is the important element of your display, this may not
be appropriate, however, because some of the suspects and denizens are not
"fine" artists, and Sayers makes that abundantly clear as she makes sport of
them.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <lcolcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 3:13 PM

You might try this website, too, for some suggestions:

http://kbaq.rio.maricopa.edu/articles/bookreviews/

Lisa


>>> Gayle.Richardson@spl.org 04/24/02 11:36 AM >>>
If your system is lucky enough to still own I, JAMES MCNEILL
WHISTLER:AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Lawrence Williams (and yes, despite it's title, it's
a novel). One of the most memorable reads of my life! HTH Gayle
Richardson


>>> sherlache@ci.glendale.az.us 04/24/02 10:19AM >>>
Hello,

The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine
Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction
with fine arts-related themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile
everyone's responses.

Thanks!

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale,Arizona

FROM: gzelenka@park-ridge.lib.il.us
REC'D: 4/24/02, 3:34 PM

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Colcord [mailto:lcolcord@ci.glendale.az.us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:12 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: fine art fiction


You might try this website, too, for some suggestions:

http://kbaq.rio.maricopa.edu/articles/bookreviews/

Lisa


>>> Gayle.Richardson@spl.org 04/24/02 11:36 AM >>>
If your system is lucky enough to still own I, JAMES MCNEILL
WHISTLER:AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Lawrence Williams (and yes, despite it's title, it's
a novel). One of the most memorable reads of my life! HTH Gayle
Richardson


>>> sherlache@ci.glendale.az.us 04/24/02 10:19AM >>>
Hello,

The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine
Art of Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction
with fine arts-related themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile
everyone's responses.

Thanks!

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale,Arizona

FROM: "Melanie C. Duncan" <duncanm@mail.bibb.public.lib.ga.us>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 5:00 PM

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Tracy Chevalier, Girl With a Pearl Earring
Katharine Weber, The Music Lesson
Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Iain Pears, Jonathan Argyll art mystery series
Aaron J. Elkins, Chris Norgren art mystery series
Piers Paul Reid, The Patriot
Jayne Ann Krentz, Lost and Found and Eye of the Beholder
David Ramus, Thief of Light
Margaret Truman, Murder at the National Gallery
Nora Roberts, Three Fates
P.N. Elrod, Art in the Blood
Earlene Fowler, Dove in the Window

Sincerely,
Melanie C. Duncan, Reference/ILL/YA
Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia
Senior Member, GNLIB-L
The Bookdragon Review, http://www.bookdragonreview.com
Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at:
http://Bookdragon.bookcrossing.com/

FROM: "Jamie Anderson" <jamie@ericandjamie.com>
REC'D: 4/24/02, 8:20 PM

My two suggestions are as follows:

The Girl in Hyacinth Blue-Susan Vreeland
and
The Girl with the Pearl Earring-Tracy Chevalier

Both selections are about the Dutch painter Vermeer and are recent best
sellers.

Jamie Anderson

FROM: "Sarah Heuertz" <sarahh@lcls.org>
REC'D: 4/25/02, 8:54 AM

Hello,

Dick Francis' In the Frame fits. It is based on international art thefts
with some of the settings involving art galleries?
Glass blowing is featured in Dick Francis' Shattered and in Daphne Du
Maurier's The Glass-blowers.

Sarah Heuertz
Lewis & Clark Library System
Edwardsville, IL 62025

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sarah Herlache
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:20 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: fine art fiction


Hello,

The theme for our Adult Summer Reading program this year is "The Fine Art of
Reading," and I'm planning to compile a bibliography of fiction with fine
arts-related themes.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I will be very happy to compile
everyone's responses.

Thanks!

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Library
Glendale,Arizona

FROM: Nancy Maltby Henkel <nancym@kcls.org>
REC'D: 4/25/02, 4:18 PM

I recommend adding _The Glass Harmonica_ by Louise Marley to the list--a
combination fantasy/historical fiction book about two women in different
time periods who play the glass harmonica.
Marley also wrote The Singers of Nevya trilogy _Sing the Light_, _Sing
the Warmth_, and _Receive the Gift_ a sci fi series about a planet with
singers who keep the dark at bay.
Also, _Aria of the Sea_ a YA fantasy by northwest author Dia Calhoun
about a healer who studies at a royal dance school.
--Nancy

Nancy Maltby Henkel
Maple Valley Library; Maple Valley, WA
King County Library System "After 3 days without
e-mail: nancym@kcls.org reading, talk becomes
phone: (425) 432-4620 flavorless."
--Chinese Proverb

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/26/02, 2:05 PM

Don't forget:
Judith Merkle Riley The Serpent Garden
Frank DeFord The Other Adonis
Aaron Elkins A Glancing Light, A Deceptive Clarity, Old
Scores
Robert Hellenga The Sixteen Pleasures

FROM: "Sarah Herlache" <sherlache@CI.GLENDALE.AZ.US>
REC'D: 5/14/02, 12:07 PM

Hi,

Thanks everyone for your "Fine Art Fiction" suggestions! Here is the compiled list.

There is quite a bit of overlap between this list and the "Yogurt Books: Books with Culture" list in the archives, but there are numerous titles that only appear on one list or the other, so I plan to use titles from both lists for my bibliography.

Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale, Arizona

Atwood, Margaret Cat's Eye

Bain, Donald Murder on the QE2

Bisson, Terry The Pickup Artist

Butler, Robert Olen Fair Warning

Calhoun, Dia Aria of the Sea (YA)

Cameron, Ken The Provenance of Madame Rey

Cameron, Stella Glass Houses

Chessman, Harriet Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper

Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring

Cooperstein, Claire Johanna: A Novel of the Van Gogh Family

Dann, Jack The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci

Dee, Jonathan Palladio

DeFord, Frank The Other Adonis

DeLillo, Don The Body Artist

DeLind, Charles Memory and Dream

DuMaurier, Daphne The Glass-Blowers

Elkins, Aaron A Glancing Light; A Deceptive Clarity; Old Scores; Loot

Elrod, P.N. Art in the Blood

Everett, Peter The Voyages of Alfred Wallis

Farrington, Tim Blues for Hannah

Fowler, Earlene Dove in the Window

Francis, Dick In the Frame; Shattered

Frayn, Michael Headlong

Godwin, Gail Violet Clay

Gores, Joe Cons, Scams, and Grifts

Gray, Stephen The Artist is a Thief

Gurganus, Allen Plays Well With Others

Harris, Jonathan Seizing Amber

Hellenga, Robert The Sixteen Pleasures

Henderson, Lauren Strawberry Tattoo

Hook, Philip The Soldier in the Wheatfield; The Stonebreakers

Howard, Linda Now You See Her

Iles, reg Dead Sleep

Ishiguro, Kazuo Artist of the Floating World

Kellogg, Marne Davis Insatiable

Kendall, Julia Jay Portraits

Kennedy, William Very Old Bones

Kidd, Chip Cheese Monkeys

Krentz, Jayne Ann Lost and Found; Sharp Edges; Eye of the Beholder

Kurzweil, Allen Grand Complication

LaMure, Pierre The Private Life of Mona Lisa

Laurence, Janet Canaletto and the Case of the Westminster Bridge

Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers

Lindsey, David L. Animosity

Lustbader, Eric Art Kills

Mackay, Shena The Artist's Widow

Marley, Louise The Glass Harmonica

Maugham, W. Somerset The Moon and the Sixpence

Mayle, Peter Chasing Cezanne

Moggach, Deborah TulipFever

Mortman, Doris True Colors

Page, Martin The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa

Pears, Iain Jonathan Argyll series

Perez-Reverte, Arturo The Flanders Panel

Peters, Elizabeth Vicky Bliss series

Piercy, Marge Summer People

Pilcher, Rosamunde The Shell Seekers

Potok, Chaim My Name is Asher Lev

Ramus, David Thief of Light

Read, Piers Paul The Patriot

Reiken, Frederick Odd Sea

Riley, Judith Merkle The Serpent Garden

Roberts, Nora Homeport; Three Fates; Born in Fire trilogy

Sayers, Dorothy L. The Five Red Herrings

Schwartz, Leslie Jumping the Green

Silva, Daniel The English Assassin

Sipherd, Ray The Audubon Quartet

Stone, Irving The Agony and the Ecstasy; Depths of Glory; Lust for Life

Swan, Thomas Cezanne Chase; DaVinci Deception; Final Faberge

Thoene, Bodie Vienna Prelude

Truman, Margaret Murder at the National Gallery

Vreeland, Susan The Girl in Hyacinth Blue; Passion of Artemesia

Walters, Minette The Sculptress

Watkins, Paul The Forger

Watson, Peter Landscape of Lies

Weber, Katherine The Music Lesson

Weiss David The Venetian

West, Cameron Medici Dagger

West, Morris Vanishing Point

Wharton, William Last Lovers; Scumbler

Wilde, Oscar The Pictureof Dorian Gray

Williams, Lawrence I, James McNeill Whistler: An Autobiography

Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse

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