Very Recent History - An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City

Zusatztext "Sicha's uncanny! absurdist reduction is more than just a fun-to-read ruse: "Very Recent History" shames you! the reader! for losing sight! on a day-to-day basis! of just who is controlling your world? [VRH] is exultant in a way no mere clever premise can be." Informationen zum Autor Choire Sicha is the coproprietor of The Awl . A two-time editor of Gawker ! he has written for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times as well as a suspiciously large number of magazines exactly one time. He lives in Brooklyn. Klappentext What will the future make of us? In one of the greatest cities in the world! the richest man in town is the Mayor. Billionaires shed apartments like last season's fashion trends! even as the country's economy turns inside out and workers are expelled from the City's glass towers. The young and careless go on as they always have! getting laid and getting laid off! falling in and falling out of love! and trying to navigate the strange world they traffic in: the Internet! complex financial markets! credit cards! pop stars! microplane cheese graters! and sex apps. A true-life fable of money! sex! and politics! Very Recent History follows a man named John and his circle of friends! lovers! and enemies. It is a book that pieces together our every day! as if it were already forgotten. Zusammenfassung Very Recent History by Choire Sicha is an idiosyncratic and elegant narrative that follows a handful of young men in New York City as they navigate the ruins of money and power—in search of love and connection. After the Wall Street crash of 2008! the richest man in town is the mayor. Billionaires shed apartments like last season’s fashions! even as the country’s economy turns inside out. The young and careless go on as they always have! getting laid and getting laid off! falling in and out of love! and trying to navigate the strange world they traffic in:  the Internet! complex financial markets! credit cards! pop stars! micro-plane cheese graters! and sex apps. A true-life fable of money! sex! and politics! Choire Sicha’s Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City turns our focus to a year in the life of a great city. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Choire Sicha
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 06.08.2013
• EAN: 9780061914300
• ISBN: 978-0-06-191430-0
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 127 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sociology, Popular Culture, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, social and political philosophy, Archaeology, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Relating to gay people, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History, LGBTQ STUDIES: LITERATURE, HISTORY: Modern / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE: LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Archaeology, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, LGBTQ Studies / Literature