In her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives...
Continue »
This book is by turns wonderful and unrelentingly unpleasant to read. I'm about halfway through, and I've been shocked by outrage after outrage.
But that's why this book is so necessary. These outrages are taking place, whether we know about them or not. I'm glad that there's someone like Naomi Klein with the clarity of vision to perceive these terrible abuses and the ways in which they are connected.
Please read this book. The future may depend on it.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(15 of 21 readers found this comment helpful)
Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.
Don't Miss
Customer Comments
ahah has commented on (2) products.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
ahah, June 20, 2008
This book is by turns wonderful and unrelentingly unpleasant to read. I'm about halfway through, and I've been shocked by outrage after outrage.But that's why this book is so necessary. These outrages are taking place, whether we know about them or not. I'm glad that there's someone like Naomi Klein with the clarity of vision to perceive these terrible abuses and the ways in which they are connected.
Please read this book. The future may depend on it.
(15 of 21 readers found this comment helpful)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
ahah, June 20, 2008
Brilliant. People have noted in the past that The Elements of Style is a near-perfect example of the very qualities it espouses.Here is another book that approaches the same perfection. Absolutely essential.
(4 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)