The Piano Lesson

Description

Part of Assouline’s Classics Collection of highly collectible and immaculately illustrated volumes representing movements in style and chronicling chic. Each book is an inspiring journey to aesthetic bliss, a unique world all its own.

Winner of the Gotham Awards Ensemble Tribute, and Official Selection of the Telluride Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the BFI London Film Festival, The Piano Lesson is adapted from August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of the same name. It explores the intergenerational dynamics of identity, resilience and transcendence - revealing startling truths about how we perceive the past and who gets to define our legacy. The film is directed by Malcolm Washington in his feature debut. From Oscar nominated producers Denzel Washington and Todd Black, and featuring an all-star cast including Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith with Danielle Deadwyler and Corey Hawkins.

This book is dedicated to all of those, past and present, who played an invaluable role in the realization of this visual story, based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning play from August Wilson. Texts by Elvis Mitchell and Constanza Romero shed light on the late, great playwright and the complexities of adapting Wilson’s work for the screen. Personal contributions from the various cast and crew fill the pages, joining film stills, production design plans, behind-the-scenes content, costume sketches, and more, which come together to paint a comprehensive picture of the making of The Piano Lesson. Illustrations, woodcut artworks, and a watercolor painting by different artists created exclusively for this publication speak to the inspirational legacy of the film and August Wilson’s words. From the creative mind of Malcolm Washington comes an ode to family, both given and chosen.

About the Brand

Assouline Publishing was founded as a family company in 1994 by Proper and Martine Assouline. It has published approximately 1500 titles on subjects ranging from architecture, art, design, fashion, lifestyle, and travel and has brought the illustrated book market to life with products that are modern, luxurious, and creative.

Created with the goal of becoming the first luxury brand on culture, Assouline aims to supply everything needed for a contemporary library. An active contributor to the growth of the illustrated market and its integration into the worlds of luxury, fashion, and design, Assouline provides the highest quality book-objects, sharing a distinctive graphic identity and editorial savoir-faire that have captured imaginations while addressing new themes in a contemporary manner. With its style and vision, the brand is a true pioneer.

Product Details

Released in November 2024

Author: Malcolm Washington
Publisher: Assouline Publishing Corporation
Edition: English
Book Details: 296 pages, over 200 illustrations
Material: Linen hardcover in a luxury slipcase
Dimensions: (L 30 x W 25 x D 3) cm
Weight: 1.4 kg

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