Home: What It Means and Why It Matters

by Mary Gordon

Book Overview

Where do you live? The answer to this seemingly simple question can be more complicated than you'd think. Drawing on personal experience, Mary Gordon examines various forms of abode-from her childhood house in Far Rockaway to apartments in Palo Alto, Rome, and the Upper West Side-as well as the very concept of "home" and how it has evolved over time. Rich in insightful observations from writers and thinkers as diverse as Gaston Bachelard, Le Corbusier,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402768362
• ISBN13: 9781402768361
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.2"