Exotic Postcards The Lure of Distant Lands |
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Author:
| Beukers, Alan Theroux, Paul |
Foreword by:
| Theroux, Paul |
ISBN: | 978-0-500-54336-8 |
Publication Date: | May 2007 |
Publisher: | Thames & Hudson
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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This album of over 200 century-old postcards takes the reader on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting the Orient, the Arab lands, Africa, the Americas and Oceania. These haunting postcards and the people they depict strike us with a special force today, vividly expressing a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. The stories implicit in their eyes, their costumes and their postures act as a telling antidote to the...
More DescriptionThis album of over 200 century-old postcards takes the reader on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting the Orient, the Arab lands, Africa, the Americas and Oceania. These haunting postcards and the people they depict strike us with a special force today, vividly expressing a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. The stories implicit in their eyes, their costumes and their postures act as a telling antidote to the rootlessness of our own times.