The Valley Of The Fallen And Other Places
Language: English
Published by Atrandom.com, New York, 2001
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- Title
- The Valley Of The Fallen And Other Places
- Author
- Katz, Donald
- Publisher
- Atrandom.com, New York
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0812991826
- ISBN 13
- 9780812991826
- Edition
- 1st Edition
The setting for each of these pieceswhether home or abroadprovides a resonant backdrop for Katzs startling perceptions and cultural acumen. He paints a portrait of Spain in which people are dying of political repression and vividly depicts Italy in the throes of a postwar capitalist hangover. Katz describes Arkansas, its history of racial strife notwithstanding, as an American cultural ark where respect for old-fashioned gumption and the tolerance for human eccentricity have fostered a renaissance of spirit. He captures the poignant ruin of political ideals gone amuck in the image of columns of Ethiopian children being herded through the night at gunpoint, undergoing political re-education. Katzs observations of the Sinai, where beliefs, convictions, even hunches become howling zeal, contrast with Santa Fes philosophical cogitating and quality-of-life improvement projects in a New Age mecca that breeds tamer but equally fervent faiths.
The cumulative effect of reading this eclectic collection is one of wonder about the mysterious and dazzling world in which we live, and the way our lives are shaped by our place in it.
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About the Author
Donald Katz is the author of Home Fires, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, The Big Store: Inside the Crisis and Revolution at Sears, winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, and Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the Corporate World. His most recent book, The King of the Ferret Leggers and Other True Stories, was recently published by AtRandom.com. He is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and has been a contributor to The New Republic, Esquire, Outside, Sports Illustrated, and Mens Journal. His work has won and been nominated for several National Magazine Awards. Katz is the founder of Audible, Inc. the leading Internet provider of spoken-word audio.
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