The best american book of the 20th century : a novel
The best american book of the 20th century consists of the first sentence of the first best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the second sentence of the second best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the third sentence of the third best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the fourth sentence of the fourth...
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| Collectivités auteurs: | , |
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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[Eindhoven] :
Onomatopee 100
[2014].
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"Consists of work done by undergraduate and graduate students at the university of Virginia, the University of Illinois, Catholic University, and Brandeis University, from 1998 to the present, using the rankings from "Bowker's Annual Publisher's Weekly" - 4e de couv. Date de publ. d'après la date de l'exposition. "Released in the framework of the exhibition at Onomatopee project space Eindhoven, September-October 2014" - colophon |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Variante du titre: | Exposition., Eindhoven, Onomatopee, 2014 |
| Summary: | The best american book of the 20th century consists of the first sentence of the first best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the second sentence of the second best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the third sentence of the third best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the fourth sentence of the fourth best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the fifth sentence of the fifth best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the sixth sentence of the sixth best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the seventh sentence of the seventh best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the eight sentence of the eight best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the ninth sentence of the ninth best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the tenth sentence of the tenth best-selling book of 1900, as listed; the eleventh sentence of the first best-selling book of 1901, as listed; and so on up to the end of the century, to the thousandth sentence of the tenth best-selling book of 1999. Each sentence is footnoted with its reference. Ten sentences form one paragraph, representing one year. Ten paragraphs form one chapter, representing one decade. The book represents a century : the American Century |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | "Consists of work done by undergraduate and graduate students at the university of Virginia, the University of Illinois, Catholic University, and Brandeis University, from 1998 to the present, using the rankings from "Bowker's Annual Publisher's Weekly" - 4e de couv. Date de publ. d'après la date de l'exposition. "Released in the framework of the exhibition at Onomatopee project space Eindhoven, September-October 2014" - colophon |
| Fysisk beskrivelse: | 1 vol. (111 p.) ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliografi: | Notes bibliogr. |
| ISBN: | 9789491677267 |