Les Objets desuets
Ruines, reliques, raretes, rebuts, lieux inhabites et tresors caches
by Francesco Orlando and translated by Paul-Andre Claudel, Aurelie Gendrat-Claudel, preface by Carlo Ginzburg
Paperback (Published)
(November 2013)
ISBN: 9782812413339
Price: $28.00
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Literature evokes, describes or celebrates objects, giving preference to the useless, old or unusual rather than the useful, new or normal. The book of Francesco Orlando, who died in 2010, analyses this paradox by which the non-functional takes precedence over the functional. This edition includes an unpublished preface by Carlo Ginzburg.
Literature evokes, describes or celebrates objects, giving preference to the useless, old or unusual rather than the useful, new or normal. The book of Francesco Orlando, who died in 2010, analyses this paradox by which the non-functional takes precedence over the functional. This edition includes an unpublished preface by Carlo Ginzburg.
- By (author) Francesco Orlando
- Preface by Carlo Ginzburg
- Translated by Paul-Andre Claudel
- Translated by Aurelie Gendrat-Claudel
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