Are You Serious?

How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly

by Lee Siegel

On Sale: 06/28/2011

Are You Serious?

How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly

by Lee Siegel

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

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