On Longing - Susan Stewart

"Narrative of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection."
On Longing provides a fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world...Stewart examines the ways in which the "sovenir" + the "collection" are objects mediating experience in time + space, make for a very appropriate + agrees fully with the Congress' ideals.

- Harriet