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The Californians

Brian Castleberry
3.09/5 (142 ratings)
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A daring novel that spans one hundred years of American history, about parents and children, the drive to create even in times of crisis, and the inheritance of grand western dreams

It’s 2024, and Tobey Harlan—college dropout, temporary waiter, recently dumped—steals from the wall of his father’s house three paintings by the venerated and controversial artist Di Stiegl. Tobey’s just lost everything he owns to a Northern California wildfire, and if he can sell the paintings (albeit in a shady way to a notorious tech bro) he can start life anew in a place no one will ever find him, perhaps even Oregon.

A hundred years before, Klaus Aaronsohn—German-Jewish immigrant, resident of the Lower East Side—inveigles his way into a film studio in Astoria, Queens. In love with silent cinema, Klaus restyles himself "Klaus von Stiegl," a mysterious aristocratic German film director. In true Hollywood fashion he will court fame, fortune, romance, and betrayal, and end his career directing Brackett, a radical, notorious 60s-era detective show.

Weaving between the stories of Tobey and Klaus is that of Diane “Di” Stiegl: Klaus’s granddaughter, raised in Palm Springs, who carves out a career as an artist in gritty 1980s New York City. As America yields the presidency to a Hollywood cowboy, as Diane’s grifter father and free-spirited mother move in and out of her life, Diane will reflect America’s most urgent and hypocritical years back to itself, uneasily finding critical adoration as well as great fame and wealth.
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0063213338
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9780063213333
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The Californians

Brian Castleberry
3.09/5 (142 ratings)
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A daring novel that spans one hundred years of American history, about parents and children, the drive to create even in times of crisis, and the inheritance of grand western dreams

It’s 2024, and Tobey Harlan—college dropout, temporary waiter, recently dumped—steals from the wall of his father’s house three paintings by the venerated and controversial artist Di Stiegl. Tobey’s just lost everything he owns to a Northern California wildfire, and if he can sell the paintings (albeit in a shady way to a notorious tech bro) he can start life anew in a place no one will ever find him, perhaps even Oregon.

A hundred years before, Klaus Aaronsohn—German-Jewish immigrant, resident of the Lower East Side—inveigles his way into a film studio in Astoria, Queens. In love with silent cinema, Klaus restyles himself "Klaus von Stiegl," a mysterious aristocratic German film director. In true Hollywood fashion he will court fame, fortune, romance, and betrayal, and end his career directing Brackett, a radical, notorious 60s-era detective show.

Weaving between the stories of Tobey and Klaus is that of Diane “Di” Stiegl: Klaus’s granddaughter, raised in Palm Springs, who carves out a career as an artist in gritty 1980s New York City. As America yields the presidency to a Hollywood cowboy, as Diane’s grifter father and free-spirited mother move in and out of her life, Diane will reflect America’s most urgent and hypocritical years back to itself, uneasily finding critical adoration as well as great fame and wealth.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
ISBN10:
0063213338
ISBN13:
9780063213333
kindle Asin:
B0D75SGX57

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