My father: reflections

Beirut, Lebanon: A. Antoine, 2010. Hardbound. VG, bumps to corners and spine ends, o.w. clean and beautiful.. Noel Nasr, photographer. Brown cloth over board clamshell, stamped titles. [6] pp, [31] loose leaves of plates (some bi-fold, some tri-fold), tissue paper cover surrounding the set of leaves. "This essay in photograph tells a very personal tale. Yet in its scope, the essay moves beyond the particular to explore an understanding of a very complex relationship of a daughter with her father. The father, Constantine Zurayk, was a historian and a leading force in contemporary Arab thought. The daughter, Afaf, is an artist. Drawing on this most basic and formative relationship, Afaf examines visually, through images of light and shadow, the deep roots of bonding as well as the concept of time as it unfolds for a historian and for an artist." (opening page) Certainly a unique presentation, and one that is spell-binding as well. Perhaps, not what you may expect.