Title & Author:

Windows on the world : fifty writers, fifty views / Matteo Pericoli ; preface by Lorin Stein.

Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2014.

Description:

xi, 135 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Orhan Pamuk and Istanbul, Turkey -- Etgar Keret and Tel Aviv, Israel -- Joumana Haddad and Jounieh, Lebanon -- Alaa Al Aswany and Cairo, Egypt -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Lagos, Nigeria -- Rotimi Babatunde and Ibadan, Nigeria -- Binyavanga Wainaina and Nairobi, Kenya -- Nuruddin Farah and Mogadishu, Somalia -- Lauri Kubuitsile and Mahalapye, Botswana -- Nadine Gordimer and Johannesburg, South Africa -- Lidija Dimkovska and Skopje, Macedonia -- Luljeta Lleshanaku and Kruja, Albania -- Taiye Selasi and Rome, Italy -- Tim Parks and Milan, Italy -- Daniel Kehlmann and Berlin, Germany -- Christine Angot and Paris, France -- Jon McGregor and Nottingham, United Kingdom -- Andrea Levy and London, United Kingdom -- Mike McCormack and Galway, Ireland -- Leila Aboulela and Aberdeen, United Kingdom -- Andri Snær Magnason and Reykjavik, Iceland -- Karl Ove Knausgaard and Glemmingebro, Sweden -- Nastya Denisova and St. Petersburg, Russia -- G. Mend-Ooyo and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -- Harris Khalique and Islamabad, Pakistan -- Rana Dasgupta and New Delhi, India -- Xi Chuan and Beijing, China -- Emma Larkin and Bangkok, Thailand -- Ryu Murakami and Tokyo, Japan -- Andrea Hirata and Jakarta, Indonesia -- Richard Flanagan and Bruny Island, Australia -- Ceridwen Dovey and Sydney, Australia -- Rebecca Walker and Maui, Hawaii -- Marina Endicott and Edmonton, Alberta -- Sheila Heti and Toronto, Ontario -- Elmore Leonard and Bloomfield Village, Michigan -- Geraldine Brooks and West Tisbury, Massachusetts -- Barry Yourgrau and Queens, New York -- Teju Cole and Brooklyn, New York -- Lysley Tenorio and New York City, New York -- John Jeremiah Sullivan and Wilmington, North Carolina -- Edwidge Danticat and Miami, Florida -- T.C. Boyle and Montecito, California -- Michelle Huneven and Altadena, California -- Francisco Goldman and Mexico City, Mexico -- Rodrigo Rey Rosa and Guatemala City, Guatemala -- Alejandro Zambra and Santiago, Chile -- Tatiana Salem Levy and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Daniel Galera and Porto Alegre, Brazil -- Maria Kodama and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9781594205545 (hardback)
159420554X (hardback)

Subject:

Windows Literary collections.
Authorship.
Windows in literature.
Authors Biography.
Fenêtres Anthologies.
Art d'écrire.
Fenêtres dans la littérature.
Écrivains Biographies.
authorship.
ART General.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS General.
Authors.
Windows.
ART / General^LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.

Form/genre:

Biography
Literature Essays.
Literature.
Biographies.
Literary collections.

Added entries:

Pericoli, Matteo, 1968- author.
Pericoli, Matteo, 1968- compiler, illustrator.
Stein, Lorin, author of preface.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288022
Call No.: BIB 229570
Status: Available