All That Is Solid Melts Into Air. Notes on Tourism. Edited by Delphine Bedel. Episode Publishers, The Netherlands, 2008. 56 pp., 20 black & white illustrations., 6¾x9½".
This is very possibly the most beautiful title I've ever heard - or at least one that sparks a flood of imagination and inspiration.
Making allowances for how immensely high the bar therefore is set for my expectations of this book, its' premises are unfortunately still a disappointment.
The images themselves are pretty poetic and surely beautiful, but with a title such as 'All That Is Solid Melts Into Air' I do not want to be reading a book about tourism.
(A quick google search shows that there are several other books / articles with the same name, making more promising use of this wonderful phrase. I will investigate further.)
2 comments:
Väldigt fin titel. Självklar på något sätt. Synd att innehållet var sämre.
jag kanske tar i lite, men jag måste säga att besvikelsen var gränslös...
jag visste inte att du var tillbaka bloggandes som le portillon - kan vara dagens bästa! :D
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