In prose both sophisticated and stunningly simple, Leah Cohen braids the lives of these three unforgettable workers as she traces the origins, myths, and manufacture of glass, paper, and the beloved coffee bean. An elegant and inspired inquiry into the true nature of things, "Glass, Paper, Beans" is a classic work on the economy of everyday life.
Leah Hager Cohen is the author of "Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World," chosen by the American Library Association as one of the best books of 1994. She lives outside of Boston with her husband and son.
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. 1st Currency Pbk edition. Once upon a time we knew the origins of things what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate came from which well our water was dipped from who cobbled our shoes and whose cow provided the leather In many parts of the world that information is still readily available But in our society even as technology makes certain kinds of information more accessible than ever other connections are irrevocably lostIn Glass Paper Beans Leah Cohen traces three simple commodities on their geographic and semantic journey from her rickety table at the Someday Caf to their various points of origin As Cohen draws the reader Ozlike across time and continents she brings to life three unforgettable characters whose labor provides the glass for her mug the pulp for her newspaper and the beans for her cup of coffee In prose as sophisticated as it is simple she braids the myths lore and history of these three simple staples and conjures an unseen world where economics fetishization and manufacture meetAn elegant and inspired inquiry into the true nature of things Glass Paper Beans is a classic work on the economy of everyday life. Seller Inventory # DADAX038549257X
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