Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
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Editor David Sedaris
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
August 1, 2005
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages256 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN 0-7432-7612-4 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC 60512891
Adriaen van der Werff's 1687 work, Children Playing before a Hercules Group, inspired the title. Werff, Adriaen van der - Children Playing before a Hercules Group - 1687.jpg
Adriaen van der Werff's 1687 work, Children Playing before a Hercules Group, inspired the title.

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a 2005 anthology of short stories edited by David Sedaris. [1]

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Sedaris published this book in order to support 826NYC, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center in Brooklyn, New York. [2] All of his proceeds, after permission expenses, from Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules will benefit this organization designed to help students ages six to eighteen develop their writing skills through free writing workshops, publishing projects, and one-on-one help with homework and English-language learning. In the book's epilogue, Sarah Vowell describes 826NYC's work.[ promotion? ]

The book's title references a painting by Adriaen van der Werff.

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References

  1. ↑ Crutcher |, Paige. "Imagining the Worst: Tim Johnston". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  2. ↑ "Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules | The Leonard Lopate Show". WNYC. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
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