Ruins and Fragments: Tales of Loss and Rediscovery

by Robert Harbison

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What is it about ruins that are so alluring, so puzzling, that they can hold some of us in endless wonder over the half-erased story they tell? In this elegant book, Robert Harbison explores the captivating hold these remains and broken pieces--from architecture, art, and literature--have on us. Why are we, he asks, so suspicious of things that are too smooth, too continuous? What makes us feel, when we look upon a fragment, that its very incompletion...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1780234473

ISBN13:9781780234472

Release Date:October 2015

Publisher:Reaktion Books

Length:208 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.4" x 8.6"

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Architecture

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