James francos literary debut proves shallow, adolescent palo alto by james franco scribner by antonia m. James francos story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and. Almost all are teenagers who drift from party to party, who break up friends. James francos new book, actors anonymous, is being billed as a novel, but its actually a collection of sketches and short stories with bits of anomalous matter lodged here and there. James franco suits up to attend the premiere of his movie palo alto during the 20 venice film festival on sunday september 1 at the sala. The principal of palo alto high school reportedly decided to erase a campus mural painted by graduate james franco after allegations of sexual misconduct were. Bounded by the same zip code and the same destructive urges, francos characters smoke too much weed, commit hitandruns, and are always in danger of falling prey to. Written with an immediate sense of placeclaustrophobic and ominousjames francos collection. Might have been the quickest ive ever read a book other than of mice and men. The collection was published on october 19, 2010, by scribners. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Read palo alto online by james franco books free 30. Palo alto, about adolescents stumbling toward adulthood. Check out palo alto stories by james franco on indiegogo.
Franco, as well as being an actor, artist and soontobe oscars host, studied writing at brooklyn college. Franco presents his characters in all their raw humanity, while at the same time providing insight into the teenage mind. Palo alto is the accumulation of his studies, and a life spent growing up in the palo alto area. A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled california teenagers and misfitsviolent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist james franco. Franco starts off the book with halloween, a story about a boy who accidentally kills a young woman on halloween nighthe runs her over with his car.
Palo alto stories is three individual films drawn from the high school experiences james franco wrote about in his book, palo alto. Palo alto is a collection of linked short stories by american actor, writer, and director james franco. James francos literary debut proves shallow, adolescent. James franco ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Palo alto, gia coppolas feature film debut, portrays a group of northern california teenagers awkwardly drifting toward adulthood. James franco contact info booking agent, publicist, manager. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
Enter your email below to be notified as soon as it is available. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. For example, i think its really interesting that the second part of the book introduces a bunch of new characters out of nowhere, and. James franco is teaching high school now vanity fair. Palo alto, named after the california city where franco grew up, is a flawed but fascinating work that neither rules out nor confirms either possibility. James franco ebooks epub and pdf format james franco ebooks. A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled california teenagers. Palo alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Numerous characters recur from story to story, sometimes appearing as narrators, other times as characters within someone elses narrative frame. James franco put his masters degree to work duration.
Unfortunately, that exchange only halfencapsulates palo alto, the debut shortstory cycle by multihyphenate heartthrob james franco. Palo alto is far from merely cut and paste replication however and it is in the format of the whole book that shows francos fascinating creativity. Written with an immediacy and sense of place palo alto traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to. James franco accused by five women of sexually inappropriate behavior james franco attends the premiere of in dubious battle during the 73rd venice film festival at sala giardino on sept. Features a bonus essay by james franco on gia coppolas film adaptation. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. He grew up in palo alto and all the stories are set here, so it was pretty cool to see so many familiar. Palo alto by james franco, 9780571273188, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. I recently read through some of james franco s collection of short stories, palo alto. The film stars franco alongside emma roberts, jack kilmer, nat wolff and zoe levin. Palo alto by james franco overdrive rakuten overdrive.
October 5, 2010 james franco doesnt just spend his time acting in the movies. Palo alto is a depressing look at teenagers growing up in palo alto. Franco, the son of parents who met while attending stanford university, is a 1996 graduate of palo alto high school, where he got his acting start by appearing in school stage plays. James edward franco was born in palo alto, california on april 19, 1978. View james franco contact information name, email address, phone number. Stories by james franco in chm, doc, fb2 download ebook. Find james franco booking agent, publicist, manager info. James franco is an acclaimed actor, director, artist, and writer. Palo alto is the debut of a powerful new literary voice.
In the classic american tradition of storycycles such as sherwood andersons winesburg, ohio, palo alto presents a stark, vivid, disturbing, but, above all, compassionate portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth. James franco is currently considered a single author. Each of the stories centres on characters living in palo alto and track back and forth in time, mostly anchored in some stage of grade school. Palo alto traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to selfdestructive, often heartless nihilism. Written with an immediate sense of placeclaustrophobic and ominousjames francos collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to selfdestructive. By clicking notify me you consent to receiving electronic marketing communications from. The stories are about teenagers and their experiments with vices and their struggles with their families. Written with an immediacy and sense of place palo alto traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to selfdestructive, often heartless nihilism. It certainly will be thrown around with the news that actor and palo alto native james franco will be making a film with local high school. Find highquality james franco stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. There is a lot of sex, drugs, language, and violence in these stories. James franco to teach highschool film class news palo.
Palo alto book by james franco official publisher page. Palo alto is a 20 american drama film written and directed by gia coppola, based on james francos 2010 short story collection of the same name. Now a provocative and impressive variety film from director gia coppola francis ford coppolas granddaughterstarring emma roberts, james franco. The star of milk, howl and the forthcoming 127 hours is also an accomplished writer and graduate student. In disaster artist, james franco and seth rogen honor a hilariously bad cult hit 7. Franco has, for the most part defied haters this yearhe was funny on 30 rock, spooky on general hospital, and his art opening was, against all odds, given a passing grade.