Silence: Object Lessons - John Biguenet

Category: Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Anthropology Object Lessons Philosophy

Written by John Biguenet
Read by Adam Sims
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
Release date: 05-29-25

Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist’s final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture—in short, as an object we both do and do not recognize. Concluding with the prospects for its future in a world burgeoning with noise, Biguenet asks whether we should desire or fear silence—or if it is even ours to choose.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.