EAN: 9781786890771

IN MINIATURE - SIMON GARFIELD GEBUNDEN

A delightful  entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with
making things small  and what small things tell us about the world at large.Simon Garfield
reveals the secret histories of tiny Eiffel Towers  the truth about the flea circus  a doll's
house made for a Queen  eerie tableaux of crime scenes  miniature food  model villages and
railways  and more.Bringing together history  psychology  art and obsession  Garfield explores
what fuels the strong appeal of miniature objects  and how controlling a tiny scaled-down world
can give new perspectives  restore our sense of order in uncertain times  and  in unexpected
ways  let us see our world in a whole new light.In Miniature takes a big look at small things
and teaches us that there is greatness in the diminutive.

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