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2010 ABOUT A MOUNTAIN John D'Agata Las Vegas Nuclear Waste Paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
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- ISBN
- 9780393339017
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393339017
ISBN-13
9780393339017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84516891
Product Key Features
Book Title
About a Mountain
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Energy Policy, Power Resources / Nuclear, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Transcendant...This is an empathetic and virtuosic performance that invites us to live more bravely with, and to think about, our uncertainties., About a Mountain is about language, catastrophe, communication, impending destruction, and death, but like most great books, these aspects add up to something much larger. Despite its subtle surface, the book has a sensibility and style that emit their own radiation. D'Agata tells his story with such poise and precision that it not only reveals the fragility of words and human life--it possesses the power to pull us in and change the way we think., This is what, at its best, contemporary narrative nonfiction aspires to, a story that, like the novel, operates on many levels at once., A beautiful embodiment of what is a central principle of great nonfiction: it's not remotely about what it purports to be about., When you're reading D'Agata, you're in such thrall to the dizzying literary risks he takes . . . you can't help but be thrilled., Exquisite...This is what, at its best, contemporary narrative nonfiction aspires to, a story that, like the novel, operates on many levels at once. And in About a Mountain D'Agata has found a nearly perfect nexus to investigate our post-millennial concerns., About a Mountain is as fact-laden as any John McPhee book, but where McPhee works to clarify domains of fact generally understood only by experts, D'Agata focuses on the insufficiency of facts as vehicles for understanding contemporary reality. He draws our attention to the conflicts and gaps in expert opinion and to the terminal slipperiness of facts...and the end result is one of the most convincing metaphors for contemporary American reality that I have come across in any recent piece of writing., What started as a book about a mountain changes into a book about Las Vegas and suicide and signs and language and death, and it reads like a wonderful and free-flowing improvisation...Our writer has a nearly inhuman depth of perception, and readers can take hope from how, in the face of his uncertainty, D'Agata puts his fine improvisational mind to work, where meaning dissolves into nothingness, where low ceilings are protection from God, where suicides occur by the dozen, where cakes are the size of football fields, and where language is as porous and corrosive as that damn mountain., D'Agata's distinctive narrative rhythms, melancholy wit, and keen perception of the social facade and the toxic darkness it conceals make for an acid test, and a ballad about the endless enigmas of humankind.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
979.3/13503
Synopsis
When John D'Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal government's plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; the result is a startling portrait that compels a reexamination of the future of human life., Named One of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books Written by the New York Times Magazine, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a New York Times Editors' Choice.
LC Classification Number
TD898.12.N3D335 2011
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- p***l (341)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe children’s book came securely packaged (seemingly waterproof!) for shipping, was exactly as described, and I feel like I got a great value. Would buy from this seller again.
- a***o (79)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGood value. Item as described. Well packaged for fragile glass and shipping was quick and reasonably priced. Good seller!!
- i***h (138)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItems were delivered in good condition as described. All items were delivered in secure packaging and arrived in a punctual manner. I will consider purchasing items from this seller in the future. Great products, good value, beautiful appearance, smooth transactions, awesome quality and customer service.