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Windows on the World is a profound and eye-openinglook inside the worlds of writers and areminderthat the things we see every dayare woven into our deepest selves. Fifty of the world's greatest writers share their views with artist Matteo Pericoli, expanding our own views on place, creativity, and the meaning of home. All of us, at some point in our daily lives,find ourselves looking out the window. We pausein our work, tune out of a conversation, and turntoward the outside. Our eyes simply gaze, withoutseeing, at a landscape whose familiarity becomesthe customary ground for distraction- the usualrooftops, the familiar trees, a distant crane. Theway of life for most of us in the twenty-first centurymeans that we spend most of our time indoors, inan urban environment, and our awareness of theoutside world comes via, and thanks to, a framedglass hole in the wall. In Windows on the World- Fifty Writers, Fifty Views,architect and artist Matteo Pericoliexplores this themealongside fifty writers from across the globe. Bypairing drawings of window views with texts thatrevealwhat the drawings cannot, Windows on the Worldoffers a perceptual journey through the world asseen through the windows of prominent writers-Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, Daniel Kehlmann inBerlin, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Lagos, JohnJeremiah Sullivan in Wilmington, North Carolina,Nadine Gordimer in Johannesburg. Taken together, the views-geographyand perspective, location and voice-resonate withand play off each other. As we discover intimate views from cities around the world, a new kind of map begins to take shape. Windows on the World is a profound and eye-openinglook inside the worlds of writers and areminderthat the things we see every dayare woven into our deepest selves. Advance Praise for Windows on the World 'Of course, all windows look in as much as they look out.Matteo Pericoli not only allows us this double privilege but gives us a chance to carry those visions with us. He creates, essentially, a literary landscape without walls.' Colum McCann

About the Author :
Matteo Pericoli was born in Milan, where he graduated from the Polytechnic School of Architecture. He moved to New York in 1995, where he has worked as an architect, illustrator, author, journalist, and teacher. He now lives with his wife and daughter in Turin, Italy, where he teaches architecture to creative writing students at the Scuola Holden. His books include Manhattan Unfurled and The City Out My Window.

Review :
Los Angeles Review of Books "At their best, the drawings and texts in Windows on the World make writers real and human...while still leaving room for mystery and fantasy." Shelf Awareness "A diverse, fascinating collection." Library Journal "[Windows on the World] is a great read for those interested in the lives of writers, lovers of memoir, and anyone with a touch of wanderlust. A fun conversation starter and introduction to writers from around the world."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781594205545
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: The Penguin Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 138
  • Sub Title: Fifty Writers, Fifty Views
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 159420554X
  • Publisher Date: 04 Dec 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 444 gr


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