Everything Else is Bric-a-Brac
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A collection of 60 short prose pieces by best-selling author and design critic Akiko Busch that reflect, in her classic style of observation, on the human condition and offer insights on family, domestic space, and a changing environment. Beautifully illustrated with 20 pieces of watercolor art, this collection makes an inspirational gift.
In Everything Else Is Bric-a-Brac, Akiko Busch explores place, memory, and the ambiguities of domestic life. At once thought-provoking, humorous, and meditative, these essays illuminate the emotional resonance of inanimate things; ideas of placement and displacement; the simultaneous frailty and tenacity of human recollection; the beauty of usefulness and uselessness alike; and how we do—and don't—find our place in things.
Aurore de La Morinerie is a French artist and illustrator who works and lives in Paris. She first began taking calligraphy and Chinese painting classes while studying Fashion design at the Ecole supérieure des Arts appliqués Duperré, in Paris. She collaborates with world-renowned brands and is a regular contributor to the New York Times' T Magazine, the American and British issues of Harper's Bazaar, AD Magazine, ELLE France, as well as Le Monde's weekly supplement issue.
"Akiko Busch’s short prose pieces are precise, evocative, honest, and graceful. In one essay she writes that “…there is a thin line between what is ordinary and extraordinary” and in Everything Else is Bric-a-Brac, I found myself in an extraordinary world of the everyday as seen through her eyes. The momentum of the writing carried me the way that poems can, taking me to new and unexpected places of depth and resonance."
– Stuart Kestenbaum, Author and Maine Poet Laureate (2016-2021)
"Essayist and design critic [Akiko] Busch shines a light on the little flaws and bits of imperfection that make a house a home in this collection of thoughtful essays."
– Booklist
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| Dimensions | 0.85 × 5.3 × 7.25 in |
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| Subjects | BIO026000, DES004000, essay collection, Akiko Busch, everything else is bric-a-brac, essays that will change the way you think, how to disappear, nine ways to cross a river, patience akiko busch, the uncommon life of common objects, how to disappear akiko busch |
