Lettres et langues
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A library of misremembered books : when we''re searching for a book but have forgotten the title
Marina Luz
- Chronicle Books
- 28 Octobre 2021
- 9781452171593
How do you find a book when you can''t recall the title...or the author? This homage to a common reader''s dilemma is a gift the booklover in your life won''t soon forget.
Readers know all too well the comedy and tragedy of forgetting the name of a must-find book. Inspired by this torturous predicament, artist Marina Luz creates paintings of books based on the descriptions we use when we can''t remember their titles-mining Internet book-search forums for the quirky, vague, and often hilarious language we come up with in these moments. This volume collects dozens of these imaginary books into a library all their own: Titles like "Cat, Possibly Named Henry," "It Was All a Dream," or "Something-Something, Beverly Hills" inspire dreaming up their contents, often as entertaining as trying to guess the real book behind them. A celebration of book love unlike any other, this petite book is a clever gift for bibliophiles that will spark knowing smiles.
PERFECT GIFT FOR BOOKLOVERS: The collection will spark recognition for everyone who has encountered this phenomenon (so, virtually every reader) and especially those who have worked in a bookstore, who know intimately well how often this dilemma arises. This impulse-priced delight is an excellent way to make book-loving friends feel seen.
A UNIQUE APPRECIATION OF BOOK LOVE: This is a loving tribute to the wonderful and bizarre ways that books leave impressions on our souls, if not always perfectly in our memories. It''s a fun and fresh appreciation of bibliophilia that still delivers long after the first read.
Perfect for:
- Bibliophiles - Booksellers - People seeking gifts for the booklovers in their life
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Includes more than 150,000 handy mix-and-match insults in the bard's own words.