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The Address Book (2012)

by Sophie Calle(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0979956293 (ISBN13: 9780979956294)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Siglio

review 1: The GOOD: This was chosen for my book club, and provoked an extremely interesting and thoughtful discussion!The BAD: I did not like the author's abrupt writing style, nor did I appreciate her obvious attempt to increase the artistic factor to make up for the very sparse text. I found her endeavor highly inappropriate and her lack of appreciation for that made me very unconfortable with the whole premise and exercise. The UGLY: I really regret plunking down the $25 for this book which took me less than 40 mintues to read, and which I found to be dreadful. It was not available at my local library (smart move, library).
review 2: In the 1980's writer Sophie Calle found the address book of a man named Pierre on a Paris street. She proceeded to contact the peo... moreple in the book in order to get to know this man and create a profile of him, which she published as a serial in a magazine. This is that serial collected together and published as a book.I thought the concept was interesting, but I found the execution a bit dull. less

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