Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about
the hidden lives of ordinary things. During the breakdown of an
unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer,
and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to
home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels are where our
desires go on holiday, but also places where our desires are shaped by
the hard realities of the marketplace. Part memoir and part
meditation, this book visits a series of rooms, suites, hallways, and
lobbies-the spaces and things that make up these modern sites of
gathering and alienation, hotels. Object Lessons is published in
partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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ISBN
9781628924763
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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