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Bloomsbury Publishing
November 2002
224 pages
ISBN: 1582342512
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The classic American passion for the road meets the current
obsession with internet consumption in one of the most
original illustrated books to come along in
years.
One day, John Freyer decided to sell
everything he owned on the internet. He invited his friends
over to tag all the possessions in his apartment, and he
systematically put them up for sale on eBay. An unopened
box of taco shells, half a bottle of mouthwash, almost all
of his clothes, his favorite records, his sideburns (in a
plastic bag), his family's Christmas presents (not yet
given), furniture: John didn't let sentiment or utility
stand in his way. Soon his belongings were sold all over the
world, with a bag of Porky's BBQ Pork Skins making its way
to Japan, and a chair ending up in the Museum of Modern Art.
With almost all the objects in his life now gone, he
started the second phase of his journey: to go visit his
one-time possessions in their new
surroundings.
All My Life for Sale is an
extraordinary book that functions as an autobiography, a
travel narrative, and a meditation on what the objects we
surround ourselves with actually mean to us and what happens
when we set them free. Designed by the author himself, it is
visually striking, surprisingly moving, and will change the
way you look at the things that surround you.
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