We Are All Things
Published on 25. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-1-7340487-1-1 (ISBN)
Description
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The objects we own bear witness to our secret lives. In We Are All Things, a quiet room becomes a noisy backdrop to heartbreak and other forces of sentience. Here, pillows bemoan lost touch, lamps flicker with the memory of darkness, and the stereo coos a forgotten melody. This illustrated prose poem marries the rhythmic melody of poetry with the fluidity of visual narrative and invites us to imagine the mystery of feeling and the longing nature of existence.
Equal parts Maurice-Ponty and Yahyā al-Tāhir 'Abdallah, We Are All Things is the first collaboration between Elliott Golla and Ganzeer.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 122 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
5 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7340487-1-1 (9781734048711)
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Elliott Colla teaches Arabic literature at Georgetown University. His first book, Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity, explores the colonial roots of modern Egyptology and the ways modern Egyptians have viewed the Pharaonic past. His 2014 novel, Baghdad Central, has been adapted as a television series by Euston Films and Channel 4 (UK), coming soon to Hulu. His current academic projects focus on protest cultures in contemporary Egypt.