{"product_id":"voyagers-9780999265512","title":"Voyagers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA charming collection of vintage photographs of readers lost in thought\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere do our minds go when we read books, magazines and letters? Do we seek an escape, a portal to another world? A secret, a truth, a pleasant distraction? \u003ci\u003eVoyagers\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Melissa Catanese (author of \u003ci\u003eDive Dark Dream Slow\u003c\/i\u003e), consists almost entirely of anonymous black-and-white snapshots of people in various postures of reading in living rooms, on beds, at the beach, eating breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe can't see what these readers are thinking, but Catanese occasionally breaks the hypnotic typological rhythm to reveal a new photographic element--a pyramid, a starry night, sunlight blindingly glowing through a window--giving us brief glimpses of the readers' potential narrative journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wordless book with the size and feel of a vintage paperback found at a flea market, \u003ci\u003eVoyagers\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of the power and intimacy of our relationship to reading devices, and evokes an exotic nostalgia for our recent predigital culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs with Catanese's prior books (\u003ci\u003eDive Dark Dream Slow\u003c\/i\u003e  2012], \u003ci\u003eHells Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFallen Monarch\u003c\/i\u003e  2016]), the images were judiciously selected from the collection of Peter J. Cohen, a celebrated trove of more than 20,000 vernacular photographs from the early to mid-20th century. Gathered from flea markets, dealers and eBay, these images have been acquired, exhibited and included in a range of major museum publications.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \"Paris Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ice Plant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999265512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Melissa Catanese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36647287586972,"sku":"9780999265512","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_301ea422-2ef3-4d7b-86e1-4a7f9881d81f.jpg?v=1603866646","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/voyagers-9780999265512","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}