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The Address Book
Sophie Calle
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Description & reviews from amazon
The Address Book, a key and controversial work in Sophie Calle's oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. Having found a lost address book on the street in Paris, Calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individuals--in essence, following him through the map of his acquaintances. Originally published as a serial in the newspaper Libération over the course of one month, her incisive written accounts with friends, family and colleagues, juxtaposed with photographs, yield vivid subjective impressions of the address book's owner, Pierre D., while also suggesting ever more complicated stories as information is parsed and withheld by the people she encounters. Collaged through a multitude of details--from the banal to the luminous, this fragile and strangely intimate portrait of Pierre D. is a prism through which to see the desire for, and the elusivity of, knowledge. Upon learning of this work and its publication in the newspaper, Pierre D. expressed his anger, and Calle agreed not to republish the work until after his death. Until then, The Address Book had only been described in English--as the work of the character Maria Turner, whom Paul Auster based on Calle in his novel Leviathan; and in Double Game, Calle's monograph which converses with Auster's novel. This is the first trade publication in English of The Address Book (Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles released a suite of lithographs modeled on the original tabloid pages from Libération in an edition of 24). The book has the physical weight and feel of an actual address book with a new design of text and images which allow the story to unfold and be savored by the reader.
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lamae
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
hilarious
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021
Sophie Calle at her best. What more can be said? If you like humorous storytelling from a natural born storyteller and quirky artist (and desire to be swept away to France), get this book.
j karlopoulos
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Calls from Calle
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013
An iconic book about the communication before www. A french great artist in a emblematic edition (small and beautiful) remind us with a poetic way, first, how the communication between people became more difficult and, second, how easy is to "touch" unknown people if you just love them as a human.
.Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
A treasured gem.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
This is the book one wishes one had written oneself. Sophie Calle thought of it first; the mark of a true Artist !
In the format of an actual address book, with black and white photographs. A gem.
Natasha Thomas
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
A true conceptual classic
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2014
An outwardly simple concept which reveals much more depth as it goes on. It somehow effortlessly peels away at the social construction around how we view ourselves and how others view us.
Sophie Calle
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Description & reviews from amazon
The Address Book, a key and controversial work in Sophie Calle's oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. Having found a lost address book on the street in Paris, Calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individuals--in essence, following him through the map of his acquaintances. Originally published as a serial in the newspaper Libération over the course of one month, her incisive written accounts with friends, family and colleagues, juxtaposed with photographs, yield vivid subjective impressions of the address book's owner, Pierre D., while also suggesting ever more complicated stories as information is parsed and withheld by the people she encounters. Collaged through a multitude of details--from the banal to the luminous, this fragile and strangely intimate portrait of Pierre D. is a prism through which to see the desire for, and the elusivity of, knowledge. Upon learning of this work and its publication in the newspaper, Pierre D. expressed his anger, and Calle agreed not to republish the work until after his death. Until then, The Address Book had only been described in English--as the work of the character Maria Turner, whom Paul Auster based on Calle in his novel Leviathan; and in Double Game, Calle's monograph which converses with Auster's novel. This is the first trade publication in English of The Address Book (Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles released a suite of lithographs modeled on the original tabloid pages from Libération in an edition of 24). The book has the physical weight and feel of an actual address book with a new design of text and images which allow the story to unfold and be savored by the reader.
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lamae
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
hilarious
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021
Sophie Calle at her best. What more can be said? If you like humorous storytelling from a natural born storyteller and quirky artist (and desire to be swept away to France), get this book.
j karlopoulos
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Calls from Calle
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013
An iconic book about the communication before www. A french great artist in a emblematic edition (small and beautiful) remind us with a poetic way, first, how the communication between people became more difficult and, second, how easy is to "touch" unknown people if you just love them as a human.
.Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
A treasured gem.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
This is the book one wishes one had written oneself. Sophie Calle thought of it first; the mark of a true Artist !
In the format of an actual address book, with black and white photographs. A gem.
Natasha Thomas
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
A true conceptual classic
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2014
An outwardly simple concept which reveals much more depth as it goes on. It somehow effortlessly peels away at the social construction around how we view ourselves and how others view us.