Good cover, sexy blurb, a real page-turner. Sundays are meant for relaxation and day-dreaming.

Discover a blend of compelling stories from our library.


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Sofia Coppola – Archive

​​‘Archive’ is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. While this literary recommendation will be back in stock in mid-March, in the meantime, explore two exclusive Sofia Coppola films on MUBI (@mubideutschland). Sofia Coppola’s debut short film from 1998, ‘Lick The Star,’ and the recent release, ‘Priscilla,’ are now available to stream. The film is a faithful adaptation of Priscilla’s memoir detailing her life and turbulent romance with Elvis Presley. It is mature in its handling and nuanced in its portrayal, featuring aesthetically-driven visuals, impeccable production design, and costumes. There is a strong emphasis on character development, with Coppola choosing to spotlight the inner conflicts and relationships of her characters rather than heavily concentrating on plot elements. She delicately explores themes such as femininity, isolation, and societal pressure, particularly concerning her female lead characters.


 

Tainted Love

Named after the Gloria Jones’ iconic 1965 track, Tainted Love is the first book-length inquiry into the subject of the twisted romantic ballad, giving a sense of both its history and contemporary currency. Each chapter of Tainted Love takes a deep dive into a single twisted ballad, examining both its inner workings —lyrics, melody, and vocal approach—and its broader cultural resonance.​

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Rita Lino – Escavadora

‘Escavadora’ is the Portuguese word for ‘excavator’, a feminine noun that exudes the power and strength of a machine. Rita Lino’s work has always treated the body, her own body, as a vessel for making larger statements. In this book, the body serves as a tool for exploration in caves and mines that serves as the setting in this hardcover photography monograph.​

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The Afterlife of the Photographic Subject

In the late 1970s, Goldin began taking photographs of her friends, some of whom were terminally-ill, with the aim of keeping them alive in memory. Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron had a similar idea close to a century earlier. In the 1860s, Cameron photographed her circle of friends to ‘provide her subjects with an afterlife’, with the aim of creating a ‘pantheon of immortal heads’. In this book curator Marwan T. Assaf examines the afterlife through the photography of these iconic women.


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Seana Gavin Spiralled

​Seana Gavin is a London based artist know for her collages using vintage photographs. In the book Spiralled, published by Idea Books, however, we follow the artist’s travels and unravels through Europe in the nineties in the company of a sound system through a visual diary. 
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