Working the Room

Working the Room
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Publisher : Canongate Books
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9781847679666
ISBN-13 : 1847679668
Rating : 4/5 (668 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Working the Room by : Geoff Dyer

Download or read book Working the Room written by Geoff Dyer and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alive with insight, delight and Dyer's characteristic irreverence, this book offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography, music. Across ten years' worth of essays, Working the Room spans the photography of Martin Parr and the paintings of Turner, the writing of Scott Fitzgerald and the criticism of Susan Sontag, and includes extensive personal pieces - 'On Being an Only Child', 'Sacked' and 'Reader's Block' among many others. Dyer's breadth of vision and generosity of spirit combine to form a manual for ways of being in - and seeing - the world today.


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