F genius!'Stanley TucciSome years ago,Ingrid Swenson began collecting found shopping lists from the same North London Waitrose.Enlightening and funny,fascinating,and poetic,these private notes to self-detailing someone's weekly shop-rocket and antibacterial wipes,treacle and prawns,fags and milk - invite us to speculate on and imagine the private universes of their authors. They are,in effect,domestic haikus,scribbled on the back of letters and bills.Having formed the basis of an exhibition at the Art Workers'Guild in 2017,Shopping Lists documents a consuming fascination - of both Swenson's and her subjects'- providing an amusing,insightful and occasionally profound insight into the lives of ordinary Londoners.
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Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781800818132Number of pages: 256Weight: 440 gDimensions: 180 x 116 x 30 mmEdition: Main
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Fg geniusA rare glimpse into entire,private worlds (...) It's unputdownable. I found it much more interesting than some of the novels on the current Booker shortlist. Shopping Lists provides a reminder of a world that was (...) Extraordinary.Shopping Lists is a poignant record of a dying form.Captures everything from the endearing (...) to the smart.This is a goldmine of information,offering a humbling and humane insight into everyday life.
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