Extra/Ordinary Objects: Colors [French]

by Peter Gabriel

Book Overview

In this title, readers can discover the wonderful absurdity of a priest's portable mass-in-a-briefcase kit, or the stunning difference between flyswatters from Zimbabwe and South Korea. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 3822823961
• ISBN13: 9783822823965
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I was drawn to it!

I was walking around the bookstore, and this book popped out at me! I'm not normally an art fan, but I'm big on pop culture, and I had to pick it up to look at it! I found it a strange book, which I loved. It's just filled with ordinary and not so ordinary items that we may have used ourselves. (or not)Example: Do you remember Squeez-its? I remember drinking those juices in elementary and junior high. What happened to them? There were Japanese "blood type" condoms that are said to sell 2 million every year in Japan. One very interesting item I found was "Doti," which is hardened termite excrement, believed to give strength because they are rich in minerals. Women in Zambia eat it during their pregnancy. One very disturbing picture I found was of an Aryan doll that KKK members give to their children to play with. One good thing I read was that the membership is dwindling, from five million in 1920, to two thousand, five hundred in 1998. Not perfect, but getting better. Basically, it's a good small coffee table book that will generate some interesting conversations. It's written in French and English. I think that it would be good for all cultures to read, in order to understand each other better. Don't forget to look up the "edible cow pie!" Which is really chocolate, caramel, and pecans, which is destined to turn some heads.