Storage room. Bourgeois book
19.99 €
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Storage room. Bourgeois book
19.99 €
Alexander Kabakov (1943–2020) — novelist, journalist, playwright; author of the family novel Everything Is Fixable, the sensational dystopia The Defector, the elegant The Fugitive, and others.
From a quote by Alexander Kabakov: “The Storage Room” is a memoir of the things of my life. The entire second half of the 20th century and a good part of the 21st century have been preserved in these objects. I think that they can say no less about time than people.”
Interesting facts about the book:
- This is an unusual book of memoirs. The main characters here are not people, but things — iconic things from the 1950s–1980s, because “things can tell about time no worse than people”;
- "Storage Room" is a "catalog" of post-war Soviet everyday life from the 1940s to the 1980s of the 20th century, written with love for things and a great sense of humor;
- Each chapter in the book is a separate sketch-"portrait" of household items, clothing details and furniture.
- Real people, the owners of things, are almost always hidden behind one letter, but it is all the more interesting to try to figure out who the author is talking about.
From a quote by Alexander Kabakov: “The Storage Room” is a memoir of the things of my life. The entire second half of the 20th century and a good part of the 21st century have been preserved in these objects. I think that they can say no less about time than people.”
Interesting facts about the book:
- This is an unusual book of memoirs. The main characters here are not people, but things — iconic things from the 1950s–1980s, because “things can tell about time no worse than people”;
- "Storage Room" is a "catalog" of post-war Soviet everyday life from the 1940s to the 1980s of the 20th century, written with love for things and a great sense of humor;
- Each chapter in the book is a separate sketch-"portrait" of household items, clothing details and furniture.
- Real people, the owners of things, are almost always hidden behind one letter, but it is all the more interesting to try to figure out who the author is talking about.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series A completely different time