{"product_id":"9781501315060","title":"Sock","description":"Author: Adrian, Kim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501315060\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 Sep 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003eWho ponders the sock? This common object is something people tug on and take off daily with hardly a thought. Unraveling the garment's history, construction, and use, Kim Adrian's \u003ci\u003eSock \u003c\/i\u003ereintroduces us to our own bodies    vulnerable, bipedal, and flawed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSock \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us that extraordinary secrets live in mundane material realities, and shows how this floppy, often smelly, sometimes holey piece of clothing, whether machine-made or hand-knit, can also serve as an anatomy lesson, a physics primer, a love letter, a weapon, a fetish, and a fashion statement.\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619401158814,"sku":"UBD-9781501315060","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501315060.jpg?v=1773898457","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501315060","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}