More than anything else, FLOATING WORLDS is the moving memoir of an extraordinary friendship. His acumen and compassion, expressed in his discerning, often provocative missives, reveal him to be an ideal creative and intellectual ally for Gorey. During the time of their correspondence, Peter Neumeyer was an assistant professor at Harvard University and then a professor at Stony Brook University in New York. His gentleness, humility, and brilliance-interwoven with his distinctive humor-shine in each letter his deft artistic hand is evident on the decorated envelopes addressed to Neumeyer, thirty-eight of which are reproduced here. The letters also paint an intimate portrait of Edward Gorey, a man often mischaracterized as macabre or even ghoulish. Through their discussions of these books, one marvels at the beauty of thoughtful (and merry) discourse driven by intellectual curiosity. While the creative collaborations of Gorey and Neumeyer centered on children's books, they held wide-ranging interests both were erudite, voracious readers, and they sent each other many volumes.
Those letters, published here for the first time, are remarkable for their quantity and their content. This was the beginning of an invigorating friendship, fueled by a wealth of letters and postcards that sped between the two men through the fall of 1969. In a hospital waiting room, they pored over Gorey's drawings for the first time together, and Gorey infused the situation with much hilarity. On their first encounter, Neumeyer managed to dislocate Gorey's shoulder when he grabbed his arm to keep him from falling into the ocean. , a children's story written by Neumeyer. Gorey had been contracted by Addison-Wesley to illustrate Donald and the.
"Edward Gorey and Peter Neumeyer met in the summer of 1968. THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES is unopened, in NEW condition in a slipcased edition & offered here gratis to accompany the letters. FLOATING WORLDS is unread, NEW & still in shrinkwrap.
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