The Promise of Things by Ruth Quibell

The Promise of Things by Ruth Quibell

A bicycle in wartime. A chainstore armchair. A velvet jacket. A stone from a distant beach. Some of our strongest, longest lasting relationships are hidden in plain view—the relationships we have with the objects we own. What do our possessions do for us? And how do they do it? In The Promise of Things, Ruth Quibell explores how our possessions can speak to us and about us: who we think we are, what we long for, struggle against, or hope to remember. It an invitation to think deeply about how we use the things we own, and what makes them trivial or significant, burdensome or enlivening, throwaway or enduring. The Promise of Things is neither an apology for excess nor a manual for minimalism. Instead it seeks a more ambitious ideal: an intelligent life with things.

Ruth Quibell is a sociologist and writer,with an interest in objects, identity, mortality, and the `good enough’ life. She is columnist for literary magazine Island, and writer for the new women’s magazine Womankind (also publishers of New Philosopher). She has also written non-fiction, reviews and opinion for The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times and The Drum.

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ISBN 13	9780522868791
ISBN 10	0522868797
Titel	The Promise of Things
Autor	Ruth Quibell
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	The Miegunyah Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-10-03
Seitenanzahl	164
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.