Are You Serious?
How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly
On Sale: 06/28/2011
Are You Serious?
How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly
On Sale: 06/28/2011
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About the Book
LeeSiegel, author of Falling Upwards, Not RemotelyControlled, and Against the Machine delivers a provocative critique ofmodern lightness and frivolity, and a timely guide to being serious in an unserious age. In the vein of The Culture of Narcissism, Shop Class as Soulcraft, and How Proust Can Change Your Life,Siegel offers a revelatory look at how a serious bearing is vital toaccomplishing any worthwhile goal in an era increasingly defined by a sardonicapproach to life.Critical Praise
“[Seigel is] one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued cultural critics.” — New York Times Magazine
“A fluent and culturally voracious critic, Siegel writes a mean and memorable sentence.” — Financial Times
“A wizard of macho outrage.” — The Economist
“The scourge of literary cant.” — Ross Douthat, New York Times Book Review
“A rare bird among American critics . . . boisterous and erudite.” — London Times Literary Supplement
“One of the heroic few.” — The Guardian
“A brilliant indictment of what’s wrong with today’s Internet.” — Boston Globe
“An intriguing examination of the power and precision of words.” — Kirkus Reviews
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780062064127
- ISBN 10: 0062064126
- Imprint: Harper
- On Sale: 06/28/2011
- Pages: 224
- List Price:13.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : HISTORY / Social History
- BISAC2 : EDUCATION / History
- BISAC3 : SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
- BISAC4 : HUMOR / Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- BISAC5 : SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General