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1. Verfasser: King, William D. 1955- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2008
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Beschreibung:1 NOTHING LOST; 2 NOTHING GAINED; 3 NOTHING REGAINED; 4 NOTHING TO KEEP; 5 NOTHING SPECIAL; 6 NOTHING AT ALL; 7 THE REST; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Nearly everyone collects something, even those who don't think of themselves as collectors. William Davies King, on the other hand, has devoted decades to collecting nothing--and a lot of it. Captivated by the detritus of everyday life, King has spent a lifetime gathering a monumental mass of miscellany, from cereal boxes to boulders to broken folding chairs. Junk, you might call it--and so might King, at times. With Collections of Nothing, he takes a hard look at this habitual hoarding to see what truths it can reveal about the impulse to accumulate. Part memoir, part reflection on the mania of
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ISBN:0226437094
9780226437095

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