Windows on the world
fifty writers, fifty views
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Publication
2014 - Penguin Press, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
33,750 words, Guess
Page Count
135 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewindowsonworldfi0000unse
- ISBN-10159420554X
- ISBN-139781594205545
- Library of Congress Control Number2014032946
- OCLC Control Number870919774
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781594205545
- Open LibraryOL26469896M
Classifications
- DDC808.88/7
- LCCPN6071.W56 W56 2014
- LCCPN6071.W56W56 2014
Description
"In Windows on the World: Fifty Writers, Fifty Views, architect and artist Matteo Pericoli brilliantly explores this concept alongside fifty of our most beloved writers from across the globe. By pairing drawings of window views with texts that reveal--either physically or metaphorically--what the drawings cannot, Windows on the World offers a perceptual journey through the world as seen through the windows of prominent writers: Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, Daniel Kehlmann in Berlin, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Lagos, John Jeremiah Sullivan in Wilmington, North Carolina, Nadine Gordimer in Johannesburg, Xi Chuan in Beijing. Taken together, the views--geography and perspective, location and voice--resonate with and play off each other"--
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