Palo Alto: Stories

Palo Alto: Stories

Now a â€œprovocativeâ€ and â€œimpressiveâ€ (Variety) film from director Gia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppolaâ€™s granddaughter)â€”starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmerâ€”the fiction debut from James Franco that Vogue called â€œcompelling and gutsy.â€

James Francoâ€™s 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 succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In â€œLockheedâ€ a young womanâ€™s summerâ€”spent working a dull internshipâ€”is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In â€œAmerican Historyâ€ a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner during a classroom skitâ€”only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In â€œI Could Kill Someone,â€ a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bullyâ€™s own inner life.

These â€œspare and rivetingâ€ (O, The Oprah Magazine) stories are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth. Palo Alto is, â€œa collection of beautifully written storiesâ€ (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that â€œcapture with perfect pitch the impossible exhilaration, the inevitable downbeatness, and the pure confusion of being an adolescentâ€ (Elle).

Features a bonus essay by James Franco on Gia Coppola's film adaptation.

Country	USA
Author	James Franco
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Scribner Book Company
EAN	9781476778389
Edition	Media Tie-In
Feature	Scribner Book Company
ISBN	1476778388
Label	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	240
PublicationDate	2014-05-06
Publisher	Scribner
ReleaseDate	2014-05-06
Studio	Scribner

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