- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Antique Mall Books, Smyrna, GA, U.S.A.Antique Mall Books
AbeBooks seller since September 2, 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.41
Quantity: 1 available
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1962 Edition - VERY GOOD in good dust jacket. DJ in protective mylar. Binding is tight and square. No marks in text. . . . . . . . In his 30's, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist Herbert Gold set out some of his impressions of the 1950s, mostly while travelling the wide world looking for what was not Cleveland. He offers the collection again in 1962, to test the validity of history against his predictions. . . a brilliantly ironic and reflective collection of essays and observations about postwar American life?its prosperity, anxieties, and illusions of happiness. This was Gold?s first major nonfiction work, written at a time when America had emerged triumphant from World War II and was deep in the conformist 1950s, poised on the edge of the ?New Frontier.? Through essays and sketches that mix satire with sociological reflection, Gold dissects suburban marriage, middle-class ambition, cultural trends, and the tension between individuality and conformity.Gold?s prose blends novelist?s flair with essayist?s bite?he was part of the same literary generation as Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow, and it shows in his mix of insight and swagger.For a reader in 2025, The Age of Happy Problems remains surprisingly resonant. Its critiques of consumer culture, overwork, and superficial happiness anticipate the social media era?s obsession with curated perfection and endless productivity. The anxieties Gold observed?alienation amid abundance, shallow self-invention, the decline of privacy?echo through modern life. His exploration of ?mass inertia? and ?mass destruction? also mirrors current concerns about technological overload and global instability.In today?s age of digital self-reinvention, Gold?s skepticism about ?creating ourselves in our own image? through consumption feels prophetic.In short, The Age of Happy Problems offers a sharp mirror for both its time and ours: a midcentury diagnosis of modern unease that foreshadows the challenges of identity and meaning in the 21st century.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Age of Happy Problems
- Author
- Herbert Gold
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Publication year
- 1962
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Seller catalogs
- Misc.
Antique Mall Books
Smyrna, GA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since September 2, 2023
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 2 to 4 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 2.99 | £ 5.99 |
Payment methods
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Store description
Antique Mall Books specializes in out-of-print and hard-to-find used books, collectible books, and ephemera. We have been in the used book business for over 20 years. We started in 2002 in Georgia with an online business and recently sold our brick-and-mortar bookstore in Ohio and moved back to Georgia. We understand both the used and collectible book business and customer service. We will be happy to be of service if you find one of our offerings worthy of being added to your library.
Specialty
Used, out-of-print, collectibleSeller's business information
Antique Mall Books, LLC
402 Coleraine SE
Smyrna, GA U.S.A. 30080
Terms of sale
Antique Mall Books has been in dealer in used, out-of-print and hard-to-find books for over 23 years. We are showing up as a relatively new account on ABE as we sold our bookstore in Ohio in 2023, and the new owners acquired all of our existing on-line accounts. We have sold over 200,000 books over the years, both on-line and in our bookstore, including a fair amount to Great Britain and many other locations worldwide. You can count on professional results from us as far as customer service goes. Our quantity of books may not be as large as most dealers but what we have in inventory are quality books accurately described (all with pictures) and professionally packaged and shipped.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Antique Mall Books, Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.A., +1 7036759201, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.