A wide-ranging, rule-bending collection of nonfiction from the Pulitzer Prizeûwinning author of The Netanyahus ôAttention reveals a fresh, vital literary voice as it covers seemingly every imaginable topic relating to modern life.öùEntertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED One of GrantaÆs Best of Young American Novelists, Joshua Cohen arrives with his first collection of nonfiction, the culmination of two decades of writing and thought about life in the digital age. In essays, memoir, criticism, diary entries, and lettersùmany appearing here for the first timeùCohen covers the full depth and breadth of modern life: politics, literature, art, music, travel, the media, and psychology, and subjects as diverse as Google, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, fictional animals, Gustav Mahler, Aretha Franklin, John Zorn, landscape photography, fake Caravaggios, Wikipedia, Gertrude Stein, Edward Snowden, Jonathan Franzen, Olympic womenÆs fencing, Atlantic City casinos, the closing of the Ringling Bros. circus, and Azerbaijan. Throughout ATTENTION, Cohen directs his sharp gaze at home and abroad, calling upon his extraordinary erudition and unrivaled ability to draw connections between seemingly unlike things to show us how to live without fear in a world overflowing with information. In each piece, he projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his, and a voice as witty, profound, and distinct as any in American letters. At this crucial juncture in history, ATTENTION is a guide for the perplexedùa handbook for anyone hoping to bring the wisdom of the past into the culture of the future.
- | Author: Joshua Cohen
- | Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- | Publication Date: Aug 06, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 576 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Literary Collections
- | ISBN-10: 0399590234
- | ISBN-13: 9780399590238
