Isbn: 9781608460021 - essays (20 risultati)

Condizione: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Condizione: very_good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Haymarket Books, 2009 Black boards with white title on spine. Unclipped dust jacket.

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Hard cover. Condizione: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 186 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. HC 423.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NEW Not used in very good fresh jacket. Strong clean boards. Strong bright text. 161 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. In these beautiful essays, Wallace Shawn takes us on a revelatory journey in which the personal and political become one.Whether writing about the genesis of his plays, such as Aunt Dan and Lemon; discussing how the privileged world of arts and letters takes for granted the work of the "unobtrusives," the people who serve our food and deliver our mail; or describing his upbringing in the sheltered world of Manhattan's cultural elite, Shawn reveals a unique ability to step back from the appearance of things to explore their deeper social meanings. He grasps contradictions, even when unpleasant, and challenges us to look, as he does, at our own behavior in a more honest light. He also finds the pathos in the political and personal challenges of everyday life.With a sharp wit, remarkable attention to detail, and the same acumen as a writer of prose as he is a playwright, Shawn invites us to look at the world with new eyes, the better to understand—and change it. "Full of what you might call conversation starters: tricky propositions about morality. politics, privilege, runaway nationalist fantasies, collective guilt, and art as a force for change (or not).It's a treat to hear him speak his curious mind."—O Magazine As new, first edition, first printing, in as new. mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF78.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. First published by Haymarket Books in 2009, 1st printing. 163pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In these bold essays, Wallace Shawn takes us on a revelatory journey through high art, war, culture, politics, and privilege. With his distinctive humor and insight, Shawn invites us to look at the world with new eyes, the better to understand . . . and change it." [publisher copy] "I've written plays and a few screenplays, in each one of which a person who isn't me speaks, and then another person who isn't me replies, and then a third one enters or the first one speaks again, and so it goes until the end of the piece. I've even worked as a professional actor, speaking out loud as if I were someone not myself. And perhaps it's disturbing or frightening how easy it is to become 'someone else,' to say the words of 'someone else.' It really doesn't feel odd at all, I have to tell you. [] Every once in a while, though, I like to take a break from fantasy land, and I go off to the place called Reality for a brief vacation. It's happened a dozen or so times in the course of my life. I've looked at the world from my own point of view, and I've written these essays. I've written essays about reality, the world, and I've even written a few essays about the dream-world of 'art' in which I normally dwell. In a bold move I've brooded once or twice on the question, Where do the dreams go, and what do they do, in the world of the real?" [jacket copy] "Lovely, hilarious and seriously thought provoking, I enjoyed it tremendously."--Toni Morrison. "Shawn is a bracing antidote to the op-ed dreariness of political and artistic journalism in the West. He takes you back to the days when intellectuals had the wit and concentration to formulate great questions--and to make the reader want to answer them."--David Hare. "Wally Shawn's essays are both powerful and riveting. How rare to encounter someone willing to question the assumptions of class and the disparity of wealth that grows wider every year in this country. To have such a gentle and incisive soul willing to say what others may be afraid to is considerably refreshing."--Michael Moore. "Wallace Shawn writes in a style that is deceptively simple, profoundly thoughtful, fiercely honest. His vocabulary is pungent, his wit delightful, his ideas provocative."--Howard Zinn. Pristine & handy hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a bright-as-new jacket. Quite presentable. …

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.