''Pink'' is a
novel written by filmmaker
Gus Van Sant. It was published in 1997 on the
Nan Talese
Nan Talese (née Ahearn; born December 19, 1933) is a retired American editor, and a veteran of the New York publishing industry. Talese was the senior vice president of Doubleday. From 1990 to 2020, Talese was the publisher and editorial direct ...
imprint of
''Doubleday''.
Summary
The story is set in
Saquatch,
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
, United States, and details the life of Spunky Davis, a middle-aged maker of
infomercials who is trying to find his next assignment and finish the science-fiction screenplay that he hopes will bring him
Hollywood glory. The science-fiction screenplay sections of the book were written by
Lanny Quarles.
Spunky meets Jack and Matt who are from another dimension called Pink. The book has a
flip-book element and other drawings that were created by Van Sant himself.
References
External links
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1997 American novels
American philosophical novels
Absurdist fiction
American novellas
Novels set in Oregon
Nan A. Talese books
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