That incomparable melancholy in Edward Hoppers pictures occasionally leads us to look at the details of his life. Where exactly did this master of loneliness live and work? What were his most important influences while he was working on his great paintings of America? In this wonderful, simply structured, A-to-Z book, Ulf Kuster pursues these themes, which say a great deal about the painter and his interests, and yet he never loses sight of the artist and the necessary distance to his inimitable pictures.

Thus, Kuster strolls through the ABCs of Hoppers life and work, from the American landscape, Buick Goethe, and shadow and sunlight to the key word, time. On the way he opens up many new doors or insights, enriching the views of Hoppers paintings and make it possible to interpret them in new ways. An entertaining and informative book.