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The Promise of Things (Paperback)
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The Promise of Things (Paperback)
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Loot Price R557
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You Save R107 (16%)
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A bicycle in wartime. A chainstore armchair. A velvet jacket. A
stone from a distant beach. Some of our strongest, longest lasting
relationships are hidden in plain view-the relationships we have
with the objects we own. What do our possessions do for us? And how
do they do it? In The Promise of Things, Ruth Quibell explores how
our possessions can speak to us and about us: who we think we are,
what we long for, struggle against, or hope to remember. It an
invitation to think deeply about how we use the things we own, and
what makes them trivial or significant, burdensome or enlivening,
throwaway or enduring. The Promise of Things is neither an apology
for excess nor a manual for minimalism. Instead it seeks a more
ambitious ideal: an intelligent life with things.
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