Market Day

by James Sturm and Wojciech Szot

Book Overview

A TIMELESS MEDITATION ON ART AND COMMERCE SEEN THROUGH THE LIFE OF AN EARLY-TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH RUG MAKER

Mendleman's life goes through an upheaval when he discovers that he can no longer earn a living for his growing family doing the work that defines him--making well-crafted rugs by hand. A proud artisan, he takes his donkey-drawn cart to the market only to be turned away when the distinctive shop he once sold to now stocks only cheaply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897299974
• ISBN13: 9781897299975
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.8"