A Bush & Botox World - Couverture souple

Landau, Saul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904859615 ISBN 13 : 9781904859611

Editeur : AK Press, 2007

Synopsis

"Read Saul Landau."--Barbara Ehrenreich Botox promoters promise to wipe away wrinkles, the signs of aging--the signs of time passing. Such 'eternal youth' potions metaphorically help erase the very notion of time itself. In a phony world, increasingly dependent on smoke and mirrors, it is no wonder we look at elected officials like a cheap circus act. Saul Landau travels in and out of America, from the stress-filled cultures of Southern Californian businesspeople and poor towns in Texas, to the wildly booming streets of Hanoi and temples of Angkor Wat, to muse on just how low we have sunk. The book explores the ironies of a time in which science explores the genetic code and masters the physics of instant global communication technology, while bible thumpers and talkers to Christ advocate medieval crusades to spread their order to infidels. Gore Vidal provides a scabrously funny introduction to a book by an author he says he 'loves to steal ideas from.'

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Saul Landau was an internationally-known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker. Landau made fifty films on social, political and historical issues, and human rights. He won the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting, the First Amendment Award, the Edgar Allen Poe Award, and an Emmy. He authored over a dozen books. Gore Vidal was the author of more than twenty books and hundreds of essays. He won the National Book Award in 1993 and has had a string of recent bestsellers including Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, and Imperial America.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AK Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904859615
• ISBN 13: 9781904859611
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible