Palo alto by james franco english paperback book free. Palo alto is a collection of shortstories from golden globe winning actor, james franco. This book is what you can expect from james franco. Palo alto by james franco 2014, paperback for sale. Palo alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Actors anonymous, a novel that follows 2010s shortstory collection palo alto, is both about, and doomed by. I recently read through some of james franco s collection of short stories, palo alto. Palo alto by james franco english paperback book free shipping. He plays the lead in danny boyles new film 127 hours and portrays allen ginsburg in howl. Palo alto is a collection of linked short stories by american actor, writer, and director james franco. The night it fell apart for palo alto s favorite movie iconoclast the actor is now facing sexual misconduct allegations in a new lawsuit but his career already took a hit after the. The collection was published on october 19, 2010, by scribners. The film adaptation of the book stars its author, james franco, emma roberts, jack kilmer, nat wolff, zoe levin, claudia levy, chris. 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.
Features a bonus essay by james franco on gia coppolas film adaptation. The tonight show starring jimmy fallon 30,966,127 views. Franco, as well as being an actor, artist and soontobe oscars host, studied writing at brooklyn college. Palo alto is the accumulation of his studies, and a life spent growing up in the palo alto area. James franco, a man of many trades, explores disaffected youth in his first story collection. Palo alto drawn from james franco s short story collection, this wastedyouth pic goes to impressive lengths to develop the characters and shape their experience. The life and struggles of a group of adolescents living in palo alto. Spiderman heartthrob james franco bolsters his already impressive cv with these engaging tales of bored teenagers getting into trouble. 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 book by james franco official publisher page. James franco has 38 books on goodreads with 44877 ratings. A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled california teenagers and misfitsviolent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist james franco.
Palo alto by james franco now a provocative and impressive variety film from director gia coppola francis ford coppolas granddaughterstarring emma. A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled california teena. The stories are about teenagers and their experiments with vices and their struggles with their families. Franco ends up perfectly mirroring the undulations of a teenage mind. With emma roberts, james franco, jack kilmer, zoe levin. James franco s 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. Written with an immediate sense of placeclaustrophobic and ominousjames francos collection traces. Franco does not sugar coat the decisions and actions that young teens make when their parents eyes are turned away. James franco s most popular book is slaughterhousefive. Joking bad late night with jimmy fallon late night with jimmy fallon duration. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Basically this is just a video of me gushing over james franco. An insightful look at growing up rich in the northern california city of palo alto. Written with an immediate sense of placeclaustrophobic and ominous james franco s collection.
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