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New inventions and latest innovations

14.99 €
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New inventions and latest innovations
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A collection of satirical essays by French writer and journalist Gaston de Pavlovsky (1874–1933) immerses readers in a world of imaginary inventions that promise to rid humanity of all inconveniences. Using the language of advertising, newspaper columns, and factory catalogs, Pavlovsky creates an encyclopedia of supposed discoveries—from anti-slip soap with nails to a boomerang that never returns—that blur the line between usefulness and absurdity. The author's humor is precise and merciless: Pavlovsky satirizes the culture of excessive comfort long before the advent of digital utopias. The book, which inspired Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, reads today as a witty prophecy of a world where ingenuity turns into meaninglessness.
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