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The Resource ATTENTION

ATTENTION

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ATTENTION
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ATTENTION
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A wide-ranging, rule-bending collection of nonfiction from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Netanyahus “Attention reveals a fresh, vital literary voice as it covers seemingly every imaginable topic relating to modern life.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED One of Granta’s 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 letters—many appearing here for the first time—Cohen 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 women’s 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 perplexed—a handbook for anyone hoping to bring the wisdom of the past into the culture of the future
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Cohen, Joshua
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dictionaries
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  • Sociology
  • Literary Criticism
  • Nonfiction
  • Essays
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ATTENTION
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OVERDRIVE:9fcbe862-56f6-4c62-b598-779069c5ec4f
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4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
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electronic
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True
Isbn
9780399590221
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optical disk
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ATTENTION
Publication
Control code
OVERDRIVE:9fcbe862-56f6-4c62-b598-779069c5ec4f
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
Form of item
electronic
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True
Isbn
9780399590221
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True
Specific material designation
optical disk

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