Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences

Weschler, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 1932416862 / ISBN 13: 9781932416862

Published by McSweeney's, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932416862
• ISBN 13: 9781932416862
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1747908391.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 27802634
• Signed: 5/22/2025 10:06:31 AM
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Synopsis

From a cuneiform tablet to a Chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our T-shirts, Lawrence Weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks. The farther (and further) one travels (through geography, through art, through science, through time), the more everything seems to converge at least, it does through Weschler's giddy, brilliant eyes. Weschler combines his keen insights into art (both contemporary and Renaissance), his years of experience as a chronicler of the fall of Communism, and his triumphs and failures as the father of a teenage girl into a series of articles complemented by color photos and illustrations throughout that are sure to illuminuate, educate, and astound.

Review

"'From the general mass of heavy-handed, pompous writing about art, Weschler's graceful collection of essays and interviews stands out like a rare bloom. Charming, idiosyncratic and deeply intelligent, the book will likely captivate even readers who usually bypass the art history section of bookstores.' Publishers Weekly 'Weschler takes separate strands of the world's body, its history and common stock of images, and reconfigures them into beautiful web works.' Globe and Mail"