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Bold Ventures

Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy

Charlotte Van den Broeck

Bold Ventures
Bold Ventures

Bold Ventures

Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy

Charlotte Van den Broeck

Hardback / gebonden | Engels
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Omschrijving

Beguiling . . . In our moment of "quiet quitting," resistance to corporate domination and a conviction that capitalism is in decay, Bold Ventures does arrive as a timely interrogation of what, exactly, constitutes success - of how to live

Beguiling . . . In our moment of "quiet quitting," resistance to corporate domination and a conviction that capitalism is in decay, Bold Ventures does arrive as a timely interrogation of what, exactly, constitutes success - of how to live

Everyone fails every day, but an architect's failure is inescapably visible, a public humiliation, even when it doesn't occasion loss of life . . . That the relationship between creator and creation can become so deleterious is a source of obsession for Charlotte Van den Broeck . . . Bold Ventures resembles a pop version of Iain Sinclair's psychogeography or Out of Sheer Rage, Geoff Dyer's anti-biography of DH Lawrence

Bold Ventures is a unique survey of artistic creation, and is full of memorable scenes and insights

What a sensible, intelligent and beautiful book

A darkly comic meditation on the nature of creativity and the narrow margins between triumph and despair. Part memoir, part travelogue and part reflection, this unique and hugely engaging book takes a fresh look at the tragicomic condition of being human

A gorgeous and roving debut . . . Van den Broeck's exploration extends beyond the lives and works of her subjects, turning into both a philosophical meditation on creativity and a brilliant character study of misunderstood artists. The result is a genre-bending work that's sure to fascinate those interested in art and architecture, as well as anyone curious about the dangerous mechanisms of the creative mind

While going on essayistic quests that take her around the globe, Van den Broeck traces stories of self-complacency, fear of failure and destiny. Indirectly, she researches the link between building and writing. Isn't every author bold by default, after all? In Bold Ventures she lives up to her ambition

Van den Broeck has a very keen eye. But she also has a great mind, making transitions between philosophical contemplations and journalistic passages seem effortless

Charlotte Van den Broeck (born in 1991) is a Belgian author. Her first collection of poetry, Chameleon (2015), was awarded the Herman de Coninck Debut Prize. Nachtroer (2017) won the triennial Paul Snoek Prize for the best collection of Dutch-language poems. David Colmer's English translation of these two collections was published as a single volume by Bloodaxe Books in 2020. In 2019 she published her prose debut Waagstukken (Bold Ventures). The book was a Dutch bestseller, won the Confituur Boekhandels Prize, the Dr Wijnaendts Francken Prize and was shortlisted for the Boekenbon Literature Prize and the Jan Hanlo Essay Prize. Her third collection of poems, Earth Rubbings, was published in Dutch in 2021.

Specificaties

  • Uitgever
    Chatto & Windus
  • Vertaler
    David McKay
  • Verschenen
    mei 2022
  • Bladzijden
    304
  • Genre
    Sociale en culturele geschiedenis
  • Afmetingen
    222 x 144 x 29 mm
  • Gewicht
    422 gram
  • EAN
    9781784743987
  • Hardback / gebonden
    Hardback / gebonden
  • Taal
    Engels

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