Own Death
by NADAS, Péter (Budapest, 1942)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Perfetto (Mint)
- ISBN 10
- 3865210104
- ISBN 13
- 9783865210104
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About This Item
Gottingen: Steidl, , 2006. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). Perfetto (Mint). Testo e fotografie a colori di Péter Nàdas. 8vo (cm 26x18.5). pp. 288. Perfetto (Mint). Prima edizione (First Edition). “I looked into its filmy eyes inquisitively and saw it was the body's fear, not mine, not the soul's, and so it was fear of death. I realised I could distinguish between my inner self and my physical body.. An ice-cold surface covered my inner heat.” In this short story a man relates his innermost thoughts as he suffers a heart attack on the street and is then brought back to life after three and a half minutes. It is a compelling tale of something appalling and completely ordinary, of pain and fear and acceptance, while walking the thin line between life and death. In contrast to the speed of this near-death experience, Own Death includes a series of photos in which the passage of time is hardly apparent. Over the course of a year the author photographed a wild pear tree in his garden at different times of the day, recording its changes under a range of light conditions. Own Death contrasts perceptions of the here and now with the hereafter, and its complex composition alludes to the passage of mortal time. "Ho guardato i suoi occhi con curiosità e ho visto che era la paura del corpo, non la mia, non quella dell'anima, e quindi era la paura della morte. Mi resi conto che potevo distinguere tra il mio io interiore e il mio corpo fisico.. Una superficie ghiacciata copriva il mio calore interiore". In questa breve storia un uomo racconta i suoi pensieri più intimi mentre subisce un infarto per strada e viene riportato in vita dopo tre minuti e mezzo. È un racconto avvincente di qualcosa di spaventoso e completamente ordinario, di dolore e paura e accettazione, camminando sulla linea sottile tra la vita e la morte. In contrasto con la velocità di questa esperienza di pre-morte, Own Death include una serie di foto in cui il passaggio del tempo è solo apparente. Nel corso di un anno l'autore ha fotografato un pero selvatico nel suo giardino in diversi momenti della giornata, registrando i suoi cambiamenti sotto una serie di condizioni di luce. Own Death contrappone la percezione del qui e ora all'aldilà, e la sua complessa composizione allude al passaggio del tempo mortale.
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- Bookseller
- Studio Bibliografico Marini (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227271
- Title
- Own Death
- Author
- NADAS, Péter (Budapest, 1942)
- Format/Binding
- Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket)
- Book Condition
- Used - Perfetto (Mint)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 3865210104
- ISBN 13
- 9783865210104
- Publisher
- Steidl,
- Place of Publication
- Gottingen
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- photography,photography: photobooks,
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