EAN: 9781910695746

ATTENTION - JOSHUA COHEN KARTONIERT (TB)

A wide-ranging  thought-provoking  and rule-bending selection of non-fiction from Joshua Cohen
a major American writer (New York Times)  Attention: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction is a
powerful and fresh work of social criticism  examining the ways we can reclaim the power of
attention in an age of constant distraction. A fully realized work created from a selection of
previously published and new essays  memoir  criticism  letters and diaries  Joshua Cohens
first collection of essays covers an extraordinary array of topics: politics  literature  art 
music  travel  the media  and psychology  on subjects ranging from Donald Trump  Bernie Sanders
animals in literature  Gustav Mahler  Aretha Franklin  Edward Snowden  Gordon Lish  the closing
of the Ringling Bros. circus  Google  Thomas Pynchon  and English-language publishing in Paris.
In thirty essays and forty short interludes  Cohen directs his sharp gaze out upon the world 
exhibiting his deep erudition and ability to draw connections between seemingly unlike things 
showing us how to look at a world overflowing with information without becoming daunted. In
each piece  Cohen projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his  and a voice as witty 
powerful  funny  and distinct as any in American letters.

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