Publication

2014 - Penguin Press, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

33,750 words, Guess

Page Count

135 pages

Identifiers

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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