ISBN-13: 9780525537465
ANEW YORK TIMESEDITORS CHOICE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYTIME, NPR, INSTYLE, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGA sensational new book [that] tries to figure out whether its possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society. . . . The results are enthralling.Associated PressA timely and arresting new look at affluence by theNew York Timesbestselling author,one of the leading lights of the modern American essay.Financial TimesMy adult life can be divided into two distinct parts, Eula Biss writes,the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.Having just purchased her first home, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Through a series of engaging exchangesin libraries and laundromats, over barstools and backyard fencesshe examines our assumptions about class and property and the ways we internalize the demands of capitalism. Described by theNew York Times as a writer whoadvances from all sides, like a chess player, Biss offers an uncommonly immersive and deeply revealing new portrait of work and luxury, of accumulation and consumption, of the value of time and how we spend it. Ranging from IKEA to Beyonc to Pokemon, Biss asks, of both herself and her class,In what have we invested?
tags:
Having and Being Had PDF Download
Having and Being Had PDF Free
Having and Being Had Read Kindle
Full Book Having and Being Had
Read PDF Having and Being Had
Having and Being Had Download EPUB
ISBN-13: 9780525537465
ANEW YORK TIMESEDITORS CHOICE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYTIME, NPR, INSTYLE, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGA sensational new book [that] tries to figure out whether its possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society. . . . The results are enthralling.Associated PressA timely and arresting new look at affluence by theNew York Timesbestselling author,one of the leading lights of the modern American essay.Financial TimesMy adult life can be divided into two distinct parts, Eula Biss writes,the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.Having just purchased her first home, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Through a series of engaging exchangesin libraries and laundromats, over barstools and backyard fencesshe examines our assumptions about class and property and the ways we internalize the demands of capitalism. Described by theNew York Times as a writer whoadvances from all sides, like a chess player, Biss offers an uncommonly immersive and deeply revealing new portrait of work and luxury, of accumulation and consumption, of the value of time and how we spend it. Ranging from IKEA to Beyonc to Pokemon, Biss asks, of both herself and her class,In what have we invested?
tags:
Having and Being Had PDF Download
Having and Being Had PDF Free
Having and Being Had Read Kindle
Full Book Having and Being Had
Read PDF Having and Being Had
Having and Being Had Download EPUB
Français
English
Deutsch
Español
Italiano
Português