Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories

Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories
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**Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year 2013**
**NPR's Best Books of the Year 2013**

WITH BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT

From one of the most original and imaginative American cartoonists at work today comes a collection of graphic narratives on the subjects of urban planning, product design, and architectureâ€”a surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in the twenty-first century.

Ben Katchor, a master at twisting mundane commodities into surreal objects of social significance, now takes on the many ways our property influences and reflects cultural values. Here are window-ledge pillows designed expressly for people-watching and a forest of artificial trees for sufferers of hay fever. The Brotherhood of Immaculate Consumption deals with the matter of products that outlive their owners; a school of dance is based upon the choreographic motion of paying with cash; high-visibility construction vests are marketed to lonely people as a method of getting noticed. With cutting wit Katchor reveals a world similar to our ownâ€”lives are defined by possessions, consumerism is a kind of spiritualityâ€”but also slightly, fabulously askew. Frequently and brilliantly bizarre, and always mesmerizing, Hand-Drying in America ensures that you will never look at a building, a bar of soap, or an ATM the same way.
Country USA
Brand Pantheon
Manufacturer Pantheon
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307906908
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2013-03-05
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780307906908

Country	USA
Brand	Pantheon
Manufacturer	Pantheon
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307906908
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2013-03-05
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780307906908

Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories

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