Name: Against Amazon: And Other Essays: 30 (Biblioasis International Translation Series)
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Author: Jorge Carrión
ISBN: 9781771963039

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Against Amazon: And Other Essays: 30 (Biblioasis International Translation Series)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jorge Carrión

Translated by

Peter Bush

Publisher

Biblioasis

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.2 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781771963039

Synopsis "Against Amazon: And Other Essays: 30 (Biblioasis International Translation Series)"

A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK Good bookshops are questions without answers. They are places that provoke you intellectually, encode riddles, surprise and offer challenges ... A pleasing labyrinth where you can't get lost: that comes later, at home, when you immerse yourself in the books you have bought; lose yourself in new questions, knowing you will find answers. Picking up where the widely praised Bookshops: A Reader's History left off, Against Amazon and Other Essays explores the increasing pressures of Amazon and other new technologies on bookshops and libraries. In essays on these vital social, cultural, and intellectual spaces, Jorge Carrión travels from London to Geneva, from Miami's Little Havana to Argentina, from his own well-loved childhood library to the rosewood shelves of Jules Verne's Nautilus and the innovative spaces that characterize South Korea's bookshop renaissance. Including interviews with writers and librarians--including Alberto Manguel, Iain Sinclair, Luigi Amara, and Han Kang, among others--Against Amazon is equal parts a celebration of books and bookshops, an autobiography of a reader, a travelogue, a love letter--and, most urgently, a manifesto against the corrosive influence of late capitalism.

Jorge Carrión

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Jorge Carrión, born in 1976, is a prominent Spanish writer, cultural critic, and academic. Originally from Tarragona, he has spent much of his life in Mataró and Barcelona, and has lived in countries such as Argentina and the United States. He holds a PhD in Humanities from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona, where he co-directs the Master's in Literary Creation at the UPF Barcelona School of Management. Additionally, he has collaborated with media outlets such as La Vanguardia, The Washington Post, and The New York Times in Spanish.

His work spans various genres, including novels, essays, and chronicles. Among his most notable books are "Librerías" (2013), an essay that explores the history and significance of bookstores around the world, and "Contra Amazon" (2019), where he reflects on the impact of large corporations on book culture and commerce. In the realm of fiction, he has published the tetralogy consisting of "Los muertos" (2010), "Los huérfanos" (2014), "Los turistas" (2015), and "Los difuntos" (2015). His work has been translated into more than ten languages, establishing him as an influential voice in contemporary literature.

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