{"product_id":"as-if-nothing-could-fall-essays-on-monuments","title":"As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments takes us through distant vistas and past worlds, monolithic structures and forgotten ideas. These seventeen new personal essays, from some of the most brilliant writers at work today, reflect on how and why we imbue the objects around us with memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the epic megastructure to the fleeting memorial, the writers assembled here explore the mechanisms of monuments, the carving of totems to mark the passage of time, from the grand narratives of history to the intimate personal memories prompted by a photo album, a car ride, a gate. Throughout there appears a profound curiosity and questioning of not just the multivalent meanings of monuments but also of the importance and fragility of the forces that seem to hold them in place. As if nothing could fall is a compilation of recollections, a sequence of encounters with monuments of all shapes and sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions by Julie Bates, Amit Chaudhuri, Gavin Corbett, Beulah Ezeugo, Niven Govinden, Neil Hegarty, Dan Hicks, Roisin Kiberd, Sean Lynch, Gail McConnell, Belinda McKeon, Philip Ó Ceallaigh, Rebecca O’Dwyer, Lara Pawson, Slinko, Lynne Tillman, and John Tuomey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Paper Visual Art\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e110 × 175 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781916150973\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paper Visual Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56488964292939,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/9781916150973.webp?v=1770657420","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/fr\/products\/as-if-nothing-could-fall-essays-on-monuments","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}