{"product_id":"luminous-debris-gustaf-sobin-9780520222458","title":"Luminous Debris: Reflecting on Vestige in Provence and Languedoc","description":"Interpreting vestige with the eloquence of a poet and the knowledge of a field archaeologist, Gustaf Sobin explores his elected terrain: the landscapes of Provence and Languedoc. Drawing on prehistory, protohistory, and Gallo-Roman antiquity, the twenty-six essays in this book focus on a particular place or artifact for the relevance inherent in each. A Bronze Age earring or the rippling wave pattern in Massiolite ceramic are more than archival curiosities for Sobin. Instead they invite inquiry and speculation on existence itself: Artifacts are read as realia, and history as an uninterrupted sequence of object lessons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs much travel writing as meditative discourse, \u003ci\u003eLuminous Debris\u003c\/i\u003e is enhanced by a prose that tracks, questions, and reflects on the materials invoked. Sobin engages the reader with precise descriptions of those very materials and the messages to be gleaned from their examination, be they existential, ethical, or political.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn American expatriate living in Provence for the past thirty-five years, Gustaf Sobin shares his enthusiasm for his adopted landscape and for a vertical interpretation of its strata. In \u003ci\u003eLuminous Debris\u003c\/i\u003e he creates meaning out of matter and celebrates instances of reality, past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gustaf Sobin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520222458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520222458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Gustaf Sobin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919940878591,"sku":"9780520222458","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_09e71a81-8e3b-47d6-8abf-51632d0c05fa.jpg?v=1680812752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luminous-debris-gustaf-sobin-9780520222458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}