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Eula Biss On Immunity (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- On Immunity : an Inoculation
- Title
- On Immunity
- Book Title
- On Immunity
- Subtitle
- An Inoculation
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1555977200
- EAN
- 9781555977207
- ISBN
- 9781555977207
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Genre
- Medicine
- Topic
- Society & Culture
- Release Date
- 15/09/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 10.2 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Textbook
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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The hugely acclaimed New York Times Best Seller, now available in paperback *A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist* ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2014: The New York Times Book Review (Top 10), Entertainment Weekly (Top 10) , New York Magazine , Chicago Tribune (Top 10), Publishers Weekly (Top 10), Time Out New York (Top 10), Los Angeles Times , Kirkus, Booklist, NPR's Science Friday , Newsday , Slate, Refinery 29 , and many more... In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or ourselves, against the world. As she explores the metaphors surrounding immunity, Biss extends her conversations with other mothers to meditations on the myth of Achilles, Voltaire's Candide , Bram Stoker's Dracula , Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , Susan Sontag's AIDS and Its Metaphors , and beyond. On Immunity is an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected-our bodies and our fates.
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
ISBN-10
1555977200
ISBN-13
9781555977207
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208769713
Product Key Features
Publication Name
On Immunity : an Inoculation
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rj240.B57 2015
Reviews
Subtle, spellbinding . . . Sontag said she wrote Illness as Metaphor to 'calm the imagination, not to incite it,' and On Immunity also seeks to cool and console . . . [Biss] advances from all sides, like a chess player, drawing on science, myth, literature to herd us to the only logical end, to vaccinate., "Subtle, spellbinding . . . Sontag said she wrote Illness as Metaphor to 'calm the imagination, not to incite it,' and On Immunity also seeks to cool and console . . . [Biss] advances from all sides, like a chess player, drawing on science, myth, literature to herd us to the only logical end, to vaccinate." -- Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Book Review "By exploring the anxieties about what's lurking inside our flu shots, the air, and ourselves, [Biss] drives home the message that we are all responsible for one another. On Immunity will make you consider that idea on a fairly profound level." -- Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A) " On Immunity . . . weaves metaphor and myth, science and sociology, philosophy and politics into a tapestry rich with insight and intelligence." --Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books "A philosophical look at the history and practice of vaccination that reads like Joan Didion at her best. If you are yourself a nonfiction author, your initial response to this book might be to decide immediately on another line of work; Biss is that intimidatingly talented . . . .This is cultural commentary at its highest level, a searching examination of the most profound issues of health, identity and the tensions between individual parenting decisions and society." -- The Washington Post "[An] elegant, intelligent and very beautiful book, which occupies a space between research and reflection, investigating our attitudes toward immunity and inoculation through a personal and cultural lens." -- Los Angeles Times, On Immunity . . . weaves metaphor and myth, science and sociology, philosophy and politics into a tapestry rich with insight and intelligence., A philosophical look at the history and practice of vaccination that reads like Joan Didion at her best. If you are yourself a nonfiction author, your initial response to this book might be to decide immediately on another line of work; Biss is that intimidatingly talented . . . .This is cultural commentary at its highest level, a searching examination of the most profound issues of health, identity and the tensions between individual parenting decisions and society., [An] elegant, intelligent and very beautiful book, which occupies a space between research and reflection, investigating our attitudes toward immunity and inoculation through a personal and cultural lens., "Subtle, spellbinding . . . Sontag said she wrote Illness as Metaphor to 'calm the imagination, not to incite it,' and On Immunity also seeks to cool and console . . . [Biss] advances from all sides, like a chess player, drawing on science, myth, literature to herd us to the only logical end, to vaccinate." -- Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Book Review "By exploring the anxieties about what's lurking inside our flu shots, the air, and ourselves, [Biss] drives home the message that we are all responsible for one another. On Immunity will make you consider that idea on a fairly profound level." -- Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A) " On Immunity . . . weaves metaphor and myth, science and sociology, philosophy and politics into a tapestry rich with insight and intelligence." --Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books "A philosophical look at the history and practice of vaccination that reads like Joan Didion at her best. If you are yourself a nonfiction author, your initial response to this book might be to decide immediately on another line of work; Biss is that intimidatingly talented . . . .This is cultural commentary at its highest level, a searching examination of the most profound issues of health, identity and the tensions between individual parenting decisions and society." -- The Washington Post "[An] elegant, intelligent and very beautiful book, which occupies a space between research and reflection, investigating our attitudes toward immunity and inoculation through a personal and cultural lens." -- Los Angeles Times " On Immunity is a book I've recommended too many times to count--a searching, empathetic, ultimately unassailable argument, not just for vaccination but for thoroughly acknowledging our interdependence, and for all that becomes necessary and possible once we do. Written before COVID, it nonetheless speaks directly to the concerns of the pandemic era--to the fact that we are dangerous as well as vulnerable, to the way collective well-being and individual self-interest are configured at odds to one another when they are fundamentally intertwined."--Jia Tolentino "Eula Biss's On Immunity is informative, thought-provoking, and beautifully written. It's one of those rare books that has become more relevant with time."--Elizabeth Kolbert, Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of the Year Kirkus Reviews Books of the Year in Nonfiction The New York Times Editors' ChoiceBEA Editors Buzz Book "Subtle, spellbinding . . . Sontag said she wrote Illness as Metaphor to ,calm the imagination, not to incite it,' and On Immunity also seeks to cool and console. [Biss] advances from all sides, like a chess player, drawing on science, myth, literature to herd us to the only logical end, to vaccinate." -Parul Seghal, The New York Times Book Review "By exploring the anxieties about what's lurking inside our flu shots, the air, and ourselves, [Biss] drives home the message that we are all responsible for one another. On Immunity will make you consider that idea on a fairly profound level." - Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A), By exploring the anxieties about what's lurking inside our flu shots, the air, and ourselves, [Biss] drives home the message that we are all responsible for one another. On Immunity will make you consider that idea on a fairly profound level.
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Pediatrics, Immunology, Disease & Health Issues
Lccn
2015-939974
Dewey Decimal
614.4/7083
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Medical, Social Science
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