The Face: A Time Code
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A revelatory short memoir from the author and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki about how her face has shaped and been shaped by her life
Tato série osobních esejů se ponořuje do nejintimnějších témat skrze optiku tváře. Různorodý soubor autorů sdílí své jedinečné perspektivy na identitu, kulturu a lidskou zkušenost. Každý svazek nabízí poetické, filozofické, osobní i politické reflexe. Je to fascinující zkoumání toho, jak naše tváře vyprávějí příběhy o našem životě a našem místě ve světě.



A revelatory short memoir from the author and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki about how her face has shaped and been shaped by her life
A whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage
Nigerian-born author and poet Chris Abani gives a profound and gorgeously wrought short memoir that navigates the stories written upon his own face. Beginning with his early childhood immersed in the lgbo culture of West Africa, Abani unfurls a lushly poetic, insightful, and funny narrative that investigates the roles that race, culture, and language play in fashioning our sense of self