Silence
John Biguenet, "Silence "
English | ISBN: 1628921420 | 2015 | 152 pages | PDF | 913 KB
English | ISBN: 1628921420 | 2015 | 152 pages | PDF | 913 KB
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist's final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture-in short, as an object we both do and do not recognize. Concluding with the prospects for its future in a world burgeoning with noise, Biguenet asks whether we should desire or fear silence-or if it is even ours to choose.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in
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