1000 years of Joys and Sorrows Ralph gibson Text in German and Japanese

Text in German and Japanese

The book opens with an absurd short story that leads into a sequence of images taken along the Indian coastline

where he saw what was happening and captured it

with the more stream-of-consciousness lyrics beginning to resemble the sorts of random connections made in dream states

His work as a geologist took him out into the countryside and led him to take up his camera and explore the hidden world of small South African towns

1000 years of Joys and Sorrows Ralph gibson Text in German and JapaneseFirst edition first impression in new condition, signed by Ai Weiwei to dedicated page. no markings, this is a new book. Here, through the sweeping, extraordinary story of his own and his father's lives, Ai Weiwei tells an epic tale of China over the last 100 years. He recounts a childhood in exile in a desolate place known as 'Little Siberia', his move to America as a young man and eventual return home, then his rise from unknown to art world