ISFDB banner

Title: That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life and Art

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Title: That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life and Art Title Record # 56894
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1969-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in The Queen, July 1969.
Synopsis: An art critic at an exhibition of one of his favorite painters falls into conversation with a strange woman, and muses on the progress of art and of technology over time, contrasted with the banal lives of most people, such as this woman.
User Rating: None. Including variants and translations: 7.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: first person point of view (1), William Holman Hunt (1), Victoria & Albert Museum (1), art critic (1), progress (1), Time (1), female stranger (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1969 That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life and Art... [as by Brian Aldiss]
1969No genre elements.
That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life and Art ...
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Bruno Martin
French Entre l'art et la vie
1983Translated by Annette von Charpentier
German
Diese unangenehme Lücke zwischen Leben und Kunst?Diese unangenehme Luecke zwischen Leben und Kunst
2002Translated by Matilde Horne.
Spanish Esa incómoda pausa entre la vida y el arte

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Moment of Eclipse 1970-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber 0-571-09570-4
£1.50?£: UK pound
215
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jerome Gask Checkmark
Moment of Eclipse 1972-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
[10]+
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Margo Herr Checkmark
L'instant de l'éclipse 1973-02-19 Brian W. Aldiss
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#164)
    247
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Moment of Eclipse 1973-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther 0-586-03776-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bob Haberfield Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther 0-586-03776-4
£1.25?£: UK pound
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther 0-586-03776-4
£0.90?£: UK pound
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Der Moment der Eklipse 1983-10-00 Brian W. Aldiss
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24049)
3-404-24049-9
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
253
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Tim White Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 1985-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Panther / Granada 0-586-03776-4
£1.95?£: UK pound
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Moment of Eclipse 2000-00-00 Brian Aldiss House of Stratus 0-7551-0079-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
207
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Derek Edwards Checkmark
El Momento del Eclipse 2002-04-11 Brian W. Aldiss Minotauro 84-450-7367-2
$12.35?$: US dollar
238
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 4) 2015-09-24 Brian Aldiss Harper Voyager (UK) 978-0-00-814896-6
£10.99?£: UK pound
620
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
View all covers for That Uncomfortable Pause Between Life and Art (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2024 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24)