This Restless Life: Churning Through Love, Work and Travel - Couverture souple

Delaney, Brigid

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0522855962 ISBN 13 : 9780522855968

Editeur : Melbourne University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This powerful examination of the effects of hyperconsumerism on contemporary life provides a comprehensive look at how choices affect the balance between work and life in society. Using past experiences, the author explores issues that concern many and asks the question, Is it possible to have too much choice? With detail and insight, the guide analyses a world full of information at the click of a search engine, where libraries are unused, travellers see the world but never speak another language and employees work on short-term contracts never knowing their colleagues. Passionate and powerful, ""This Restless Life"" is a gripping combination of memoir and social critique, looking without blame at the effects of hypercapitalism on Generation Y.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brigid Delaney has worked as a lawyer and journalist. She was a staff reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald before moving to London and working at the Telegraph and CNN. Her feature writing and comment pieces have also appeared in the Guardian, the Age and the Australian edition of the Spectator. This is her first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melbourne University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0522855962
• ISBN 13: 9780522855968
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible