Originally posted on Francesca Recchia:
I have been studying Dari for a year now and I finally reached a functional level that allows me to ask to change the dynamo of the generator, check with the plumber that the sewage finally works properly and converse with taxi drivers – mostly about God and religion, conversations…
SOAS Afghan Society will be joined by Francesca Recchia and Lorenzo Tugnoli, the authors of The Little Book of Kabul. The Little Book of Kabul is a book project that depicts a portrait of Kabul through the daily activities of a number of artists who live in the city. With an evocative tone, it focuses […]
Fair Observer featured our book: The Little Book of Kabul is a book project that depicts a portrait of Kabul through the daily activities of a number of artists who live in the city. With an evocative tone, it focuses on the tiny details that escape grand narratives. Colors and gestures, smells and accents. In […]
The Little Book of Kabul is now out in the world.It has reached many houses and hopefully offered a glimpse of unexpected beauty. In the next few weeks, Lorenzo and I will be travelling to present the book and tell the story of its making. This last phase of our journey – obviously – began […]
It was such a joy to have the chance to swap books with Bette Dam! Her work is absolutely remarkable: serious, committed, scrupulous – we are really proud to count her among our friends. Her fully-Afghan produced book, A Man and a Motorcycle. How Hamid Karzai Came to Power cam be purchased here. A big […]
One of the chapters of The Little Book of Kabul is called Gesamtkunstwerk: Counterpoint at a Construction Site. It is a musical score where the main instruments are wheelbarrows, hammers, saws… Francesca recently met in San Francisco with Nick Sowers, a member of the Demilit collective. Nick is an architect who works with sound, he […]
Paris – Photo courtesy Leo Novel
The travels of The Little Book of Kabul continue… Paris
Copies of The Little Book of Kabul have started traveling and reached many corners of the world. Here are some postcards Beirut, Lebanon Tuscany, Italy Wageningen, The Netherlands Sestri Levante, Italy Brighton, UK Reykjavík, Iceland Luco dei Marsi, Italy New York City, USA
(Versione italiana a seguire) The Little Book of Kabul is a limited edition of 500 copies. Yes, you got it right only 500 exemplars of the book exist and each one is signed and stamped. Here is what you can do to buy a copy. Ideally we would love to hand deliver each copy – […]
The Little Book of Kabul 