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- ISBN
- 1476772061
- Book Title
- And Yet... : Essays
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Speeches, American / General, Essays
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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The seminal, uncollected essays--lauded as "dazzling" ( The New York Times Book Review )--by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not Great , showcase the notorious contrarian's genius for rhetoric and his sharp rebukes to tyrants and the ill-informed everywhere. For more than forty years, Christopher Hitchens delivered essays to numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic that were astonishingly wide-ranging and provocative. His death in December 2011 from esophageal cancer prematurely silenced a voice that was among the most admired of contemporary voices--writers, readers, pundits and critics the world over mourned his loss. At the time of his death, Hitchens left nearly 250,000 words of essays not yet published in book form. "Another great book of essays from a writer who we wish were still alive to produce more copy" ( National Review ), And Yet... ranges from the literary to the political and is a banquet of entertaining and instructive delights, including essays on Orwell, Lermontov, Chesterton, Fleming, Naipaul, Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, and Dickens, among others, as well as his laugh-out-loud self-mocking "makeover." The range and quality of Hitchens's essays transcend the particular occasions for which they were originally written, yielding "a bounty of famous scalps, thunder-blasted targets, and a few love letters from the notorious provocateur-in-chief's erudite and scathing assessments of American culture" ( Vanity Fair ). Often prescient, always pugnacious, formidably learned, Hitchens was a polemicist for the ages. With this posthumous volume, he remains, "America's foremost rhetorical pugilist" ( The Village Voice ).
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Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476772061
ISBN-13
9781476772066
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210437418
Product Key Features
Book Title
And Yet... : Essays
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Speeches, American / General, Essays
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Pn4874.H52a5 2015
Reviews
Praise for Arguably "The essays in 'Arguably' remind us of other dimensions to this singular writer and thinker that are sometimes overshadowed by the range of his political commentary. Though there are plenty of essays on politics to be found here, the book also treats us to other arrows in Hitchens' proverbial quiver, including his bracing, exhilarating approach to important literary figures...Its value is clear and needs no justification. And since his diagnosis of esophageal cancer last year, opportunities to hear him, understandably, have been fewer. Which is another thing 'Arguably' inadvertently addresses - for in reading this collection of his thoughts, immersing yourself in the particular turns of phrase and associations of Hitchens' wit, you suddenly realize something else: You're hearing his voice again."- Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times "Christopher Hitchens's selected essays are Arguably (Twelve) his finest to date."- Vanity Fair "One reads him [Hitchens] despite his reputation as someone who wants to drink, argue, and tear the ornaments off the tree, because he is, first and last, a writer, an always exciting, often exacting, furious polemicist. This fact, the most salient thing about him, often gets neglected in the public jousting. Arguably , Hitchens's new collection, forcefully proves this point. Consisting of three kinds of writing - literary journalism, political commentary, and cultural complaint - Arguably offers a panoramic if somewhat jaundiced view of the last decade or so of cultural and political history."- The Boston Globe "Opinions are to Christopher Hitchens what oil is to Saudi Arabia. This collection, featuring his liveliest, funniest and most infamous essays....There is a time for the balanced, even-handed and sober approach - but why bother with any of that when you could be reading someone as provocative and impish as Hitchens?"- The New York Post, "In this volume one is given a model of how to be a thoughtful journalist. Today, four years after his death, Hitchens is correctly seen as a writer who was unafraid to swim against the tide, even to the point of being politically incorrect… All in all, another great book of essays from a writer who we wish were still alive to produce more copy." -National Review, Praise for And Yet... "Christopher Hitchens is sorely missed, And Yet ..., reading his new book - a bounty of famous scalps, thunder-blasted targets, and a few love letters - is such a powerful reminder of the late V.F. contributing editor and notorious provocateur in chief's erudite and scathing assessments of American culture,it's almost as if he's here." -- Vanity Fair, "A rare blend of elements: the buoyant and the serious, the streetwise and the learned, the crude joking of the pub and 'the cut glass Oxford tones' of civilized debate." --David Castronovo, Commonweal, "A very good new collection... The best reason to read AND YET... may be its inclusion of a three-part essay, 'On the Limits of Self-Improvement,' that Mr. Hitchens wrote for Vanity Fair about trying to get himself in shape. It is as hilarious as it is wise, and I predict it will be published before long as its own pocket-size book... The moment when Mr. Hitchens undergoes the male version of a Brazilian bikini wax... has yet to be recognized, but surely will be, as among the funniest passages in this country's literature." -- The New York Times, Praise for And Yet... "Christopher Hitchens is sorely missed, And Yet …, reading his new book a bounty of famous scalps, thunder-blasted targets, and a few love letters is such a powerful reminder of the late V.F. contributing editor and notorious provocateur in chief's erudite and scathing assessments of American culture,it's almost as if he's here." - Vanity Fair, "Just as with rock bands that seem to have done more farewell tours than pre-farewell performances, there's probably more in the vault--but in this case, that's a very good thing indeed." -- Kirkus Reviews, "A very good new collection… The best reason to read AND YET… may be its inclusion of a three-part essay, 'On the Limits of Self-Improvement,' that Mr. Hitchens wrote for Vanity Fair about trying to get himself in shape. It is as hilarious as it is wise, and I predict it will be published before long as its own pocket-size book… The moment when Mr. Hitchens undergoes the male version of a Brazilian bikini wax… has yet to be recognized, but surely will be, as among the funniest passages in this country's literature." - The New York Times, "Arguably the best--and certainly the most prolific--essayist Britain has produced since George Orwell." --Andrew Anthony, The Observer, "In this volume one is given a model of how to be a thoughtful journalist. Today, four years after his death, Hitchens is correctly seen as a writer who was unafraid to swim against the tide, even to the point of being politically incorrect... All in all, another great book of essays from a writer who we wish were still alive to produce more copy." --National Review, Praise for Christopher Hitchens: "The essays in 'Arguably' remind us of other dimensions to this singular writer and thinker that are sometimes overshadowed by the range of his political commentary. Though there are plenty of essays on politics to be found here, the book also treats us to other arrows in Hitchens' proverbial quiver, including his bracing, exhilarating approach to important literary figures...Its value is clear and needs no justification. And since his diagnosis of esophageal cancer last year, opportunities to hear him, understandably, have been fewer. Which is another thing 'Arguably' inadvertently addresses - for in reading this collection of his thoughts, immersing yourself in the particular turns of phrase and associations of Hitchens' wit, you suddenly realize something else: You're hearing his voice again."-- Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times "Christopher Hitchens's selected essays are Arguably (Twelve) his finest to date."-- Vanity Fair "One reads him [Hitchens] despite his reputation as someone who wants to drink, argue, and tear the ornaments off the tree, because he is, first and last, a writer, an always exciting, often exacting, furious polemicist. This fact, the most salient thing about him, often gets neglected in the public jousting. Arguably , Hitchens's new collection, forcefully proves this point. Consisting of three kinds of writing - literary journalism, political commentary, and cultural complaint - Arguably offers a panoramic if somewhat jaundiced view of the last decade or so of cultural and political history."-- The Boston Globe "Opinions are to Christopher Hitchens what oil is to Saudi Arabia. This collection, featuring his liveliest, funniest and most infamous essays....There is a time for the balanced, even-handed and sober approach - but why bother with any of that when you could be reading someone as provocative and impish as Hitchens?"-- The New York Post, "A rare blend of elements: the buoyant and the serious, the streetwise and the learned, the crude joking of the pub and 'the cut glass Oxford tones' of civilized debate." -David Castronovo, Commonweal, Praise for Christopher Hitchens: "The essays in 'Arguably' remind us of other dimensions to this singular writer and thinker that are sometimes overshadowed by the range of his political commentary. Though there are plenty of essays on politics to be found here, the book also treats us to other arrows in Hitchens' proverbial quiver, including his bracing, exhilarating approach to important literary figures...Its value is clear and needs no justification. And since his diagnosis of esophageal cancer last year, opportunities to hear him, understandably, have been fewer. Which is another thing 'Arguably' inadvertently addresses - for in reading this collection of his thoughts, immersing yourself in the particular turns of phrase and associations of Hitchens' wit, you suddenly realize something else: You're hearing his voice again."- Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times "Christopher Hitchens's selected essays are Arguably (Twelve) his finest to date."- Vanity Fair "One reads him [Hitchens] despite his reputation as someone who wants to drink, argue, and tear the ornaments off the tree, because he is, first and last, a writer, an always exciting, often exacting, furious polemicist. This fact, the most salient thing about him, often gets neglected in the public jousting. Arguably , Hitchens's new collection, forcefully proves this point. Consisting of three kinds of writing - literary journalism, political commentary, and cultural complaint - Arguably offers a panoramic if somewhat jaundiced view of the last decade or so of cultural and political history."- The Boston Globe "Opinions are to Christopher Hitchens what oil is to Saudi Arabia. This collection, featuring his liveliest, funniest and most infamous essays....There is a time for the balanced, even-handed and sober approach - but why bother with any of that when you could be reading someone as provocative and impish as Hitchens?"- The New York Post, "Arguably the best-and certainly the most prolific-essayist Britain has produced since George Orwell." -Andrew Anthony, The Observer, "Just as with rock bands that seem to have done more farewell tours than pre-farewell performances, there's probably more in the vault-but in this case, that's a very good thing indeed." - Kirkus Reviews
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2015
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2015-431355
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