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Welcome to a new series of reviews here on
Carpe Librum. I've recently become interested in the non-fiction series by Bloomsbury Academic called
Object Lessons which aims to take average items from our everyday lives and explore them in brief for the reader's enjoyment.
The first book I stumbled across in the series was
Hair by Scott Lowe, and after reaching out to Bloomsbury Australia, they were excited for me to review a number of titles from the series.
I've enlisted some help from my guest reviewer Neil Béchervaise and we'll be reviewing a sampling of titles on a variety of topics. But first, here's a little more about the series.
Series Info
Object Lessons is a series of concise, collectable, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Each book starts from a specific inspiration: an historical event, a literary passage, a personal narrative, a technological innovation - and from that starting point explores the object of the title, gleaning a singular lesson or multiple lessons along the way. Featuring contributions from writers, artists, scholars, journalists, and others, the emphasis throughout is lucid writing, imagination, and brevity. Object Lessons paints a picture of the world around us, and tells the story of how we got here, one object at a time.
The Books
First to be reviewed will be
High Heel by Summer Brennan, followed by
Exit by Laura Waddell,
Hair by Scott Lowe,
Email by Randy Malamud and more. I hope you'll come on this non-fiction adventure with us and savour these micro histories. Which book from the series would you most like to read?
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Love this concept! Sounds quirky and a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathryn, I love it too! I'm not sure how many titles are in the series but there's at least more than 50 and they're still releasing new books, so there's definitely something for everyone. I'm looking forward to the one on Dust!
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