Wang Wayne Preface (4 results)

"FIRST EDITION" stated on copyright page, number code goes down to "1", denoting a 1st printing, softbound original, initial stamp on bottom page edge, else NEAR FINE in photo wrappers. 1st edition.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW w/a red star shaped stamp to fEP. Two screenplays, Smoke, and, Blue in the Face, from prolific, award winning author & director Paul Auster (1947 - 2024) of The New York Trilogy (1987) fame. 1995 First Edition, 1st Printing. Softcover/ Fine. Lives of New Yorkers whose community center is a mom-and-pop cigar shop in Brooklyn, New York. "Smoke" is of several people, all of whom patronize the same, small Brooklyn tobacco shop (16th Street and Prospect Park West), managed by Auggie. "Blue in the Face" --- a sequel of sorts --- is set in the same shop, still managed by Auggie, w/many new characters including the store owner's wife who attempts to seduce Auggie; the film version of which featured guest appearances of Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself). K.C. Bailey; Barry Welcher (Photographers) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1. English Two films explore the lives of people connected through a Brooklyn cigar store managed by Auggie Wren. In Smoke, a novelist, a shopkeeper, a teenager and a troubled mother unexpectedly influence one another's lives, revealing connections between seemingly unrelated individuals. Blue in the Face develops the same setting into a collection of loosely connected episodes featuring conversations, encounters and reflections on neighbourhood life. The volume includes the screenplay of Smoke, an interview with Paul Auster and Wayne Wang, the story that inspired the film, and material documenting the improvisational creation of Blue in the Face.…

Miramax Books, New York. 1995. First edition. Paperback. Illustrated. A lovely copy with worn and very slightly soiled covers. Book sticker to front cover with a small closed tear. Pages foxed to edges.