After a combined run of more than 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists, the six "Griffin & Sabine"; novels by artist and writer Nick Bantock were revived by Bantock for a romantic drama at the Arts Club Theatre, premiering last October. Simultaneously he has released Windflower (Chronicle $29.95), a fanciful, faux Italian tale of a strikingly beautiful caravan dancer, Ana, who flees an unwanted wedding. The action occurs in a timeless, fairy-tale zone with place names such as Capolan and Serona. Minus Bantock's trademark array of assembled images, but illustrated with a variegated colour frieze at the bottom of each page, the text has been co-credited to Sophia Loren's son, Edoardo Ponti, who is writing a screenplay adaptation.

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[BCBW 2006]