Stories Collected While Living in France
Worn, faded covers, tattered, spotted, aged, a page turner in their day!
Eighteenth century paper-back books gathered, what do they say?
Ah! On the pages of my life what is written? Do I like the story that is unfolding? Is the voice of the critic heard? Are there chapters I’d like to skip? Dog-eared pages? Notes on the side? Stories left untold?
What is the title of your book?
*French 18th century paper back books.
Wow they look so fragile as if they’d fall into dust when you try to open them!
I’d like to have a look in them though! *curious me*
oh corey, how beautiful.
i always refer to our lives as books. the pages we right, the new chapters we create. sometimes they are continuations, sometimes they are new beginnings. but they are all the chapters in our own book, called life.
i don’t think you could have said it more beautifully.
and i thank you for that!
oxo,
angela
What are the books about? I amazes me that they could survive for so long and stay relatively intact.
I know, I too want to ever so carefully open one, lean down and smell the musty scent of the pages and then devour the words inside…of course I don’t read french, but hey I can pretend.
a.
Those glorious colors, faded and poetic! And paper, as thin as moth wings with feather like wispy edges. One can hear stories just looking at them!
a sweet life!
I feel like they should belong in on an old library book shelf, there to look at and not to read because they are so fragile… but definitely a gift
Corey,
Your website is like a festival! Such celebration, such woderful ideas to feast upon!
The colors of those books are just spectacular. You can’t get that color by being new, that’s for sure!
Great find!
Your ability to photograph is quite astonishing! I am amazed at the articles you find and the writing that follows. I, too, am hooked!
WOW! This photo is like heaven to me! So amazing that something so delicate can survive for so long!
it would be josaphine bonaparte’s secret journal of hidden treasure , and romance . robin
say la vee!!!!
I was going to shamelessly promote my book and say, Whose Face is in the Mirror?
As an author, Corey, I must say that you are so very talented. Not only a wonderful photographer but your words are deep and meaningful.
I have all of the women from my website visiting your site and they love it!
ohhhh how i want to touch those! :)) so beautiful!! :))
How interesting, and thanks for the info. If my memoryis correct, i believe Napoleon called her Rose . That.s my nutshell !!!! robin
Those books are absolutely beautiful! The faded, soft colors, the texture of the pages…I want to reach through my monitor and pick one up!
the photo is worth any words i could say about these lovely books. c’est si bon!
hugs,
susan
What a beautiful image!
And your question has me wondering … what IS the title of my book?
First thing that pops into my head …
Coming Undone…a love story.
(which was later made into a full length movie with subtitles in French)
Now I am certain you will want to know what actress plays me and who the male leads are.
You will just have to wait to buy the book… or see the film.
There is something very bewitching on the books. How they made us to see our lives differently and wise us.
These books looks like someone have really loved them 🙂
each chapter in my life has made me who I am. If one were skipped then I wouldn’t be me. The title? Does God really think I am this strong?
You posted this photo just to torment me didn’t you?
;o)
18th century paperback books really?! Oh I’d love to finger through them! :O)
you take such gorgeous photos Corey! I agree with Lauren’s comment. lol
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