The Learners

Zusatztext "Kidd uses his narrative to investigate the relationships between form and content! authority and advertising....pointed observations on design and mass culture make this short novel a compelling read." Informationen zum Autor Chip Kidd was born in Reading, PA in 1964. He lives in New York City and Stonington, CT. Klappentext Fresh out of college in the summer of 1961, Happy lands his first job as a graphic designer (okay, art assistant) at a small Connecticut advertising agency populated by a cast of endearing eccentrics. Life for Happy seems to be -- well, happy. But when he's assigned to design a newspaper ad recruiting participants for an experiment in the Yale Psychology Department, Happy can't resist responding to the ad himself. Little does he know that the experience will devastate him, forcing a reexamination of his past, his soul, and the nature of human cruelty -- chiefly, his own. Written in sharp, witty prose and peppered with absorbing ruminations on graphic design, The Learners again shows that Chip Kidd's writing is every bit as original, stunning, and memorable as his celebrated book jackets. Zusammenfassung Fresh out of college in the summer of 1961! Happy lands his first job as a graphic designer (okay! art assistant) at a small Connecticut advertising agency populated by a cast of endearing eccentrics. Life for Happy seems to be -- well! happy. But when he's assigned to design a newspaper ad recruiting participants for an experiment in the Yale Psychology Department! Happy can't resist responding to the ad himself. Little does he know that the experience will devastate him! forcing a reexamination of his past! his soul! and the nature of human cruelty -- chiefly! his own. Written in sharp! witty prose and peppered with absorbing ruminations on graphic design! The Learners again shows that Chip Kidd's writing is every bit as original! stunning! and memorable as his celebrated book jackets. ...

Product details

• Authors: Chip Kidd
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2009
• EAN: 9780061673245
• ISBN: 978-0-06-167324-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 190 mm x 16 mm
• Series: HarperPerennial
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Coming of age, United States of America, USA, Fiction: general and literary, Plays, Playscripts, FICTION: General, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FICTION, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Satire, FICTION: Visionary & Metaphysical, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, FICTION: Humorous / Dark Humor, First Year Experience / Fiction