bri.co.lage noun /bree-koh-lahzh/
(in art or literature) construction or creation from various materials on hand.
also: something constructed this way, such as life.
bri.co.leur noun /bree-koh-ler/
a person who engages in bricolage
also: a fancy french word for tinkerer
"Bricolage is, at bottom, a book about attention — how rare it has become, how much it costs, and what it might still unlock. Ahmed writes, and codes, as if both matter."
— The Paris Review*
— The Paris Review*
"The fragment is not a failure of completion. It is, for those willing to look, the most truthful unit of thought."
— W.G. Sebald*
— W.G. Sebald*
"Ahmed moves between code and prose the way a photographer moves between light and shadow — each clarifying the other. A genuinely original space on the web."
— Teju Cole*
— Teju Cole*
* blurbs intended solely for illustrative purposes
Experiments in Bricolage
Nawaaz Ahmed
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