{"product_id":"karaoke-culture-paperback","title":"Karaoke Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDubravka Ugresic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEllen Elias-Bursac\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the NBCC award for Criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUgresic is sharp, funny and unafraid. . . . Orwell would approve.--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past three decades, Dubravka Ugresic has established herself as one of Europes greatest--and most entertaining--thinkers and creators, and it's in her essays that Ugresic is at her sharpest. With laser focus, she pierces our pop culture, dissecting the absurdity of daily life with a wit and style that's all her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether it's commentary on jaded youth, the ways technology has made us soft in the head, or how wrestling a hotel minibar into a bathtub is the best way to stick it to The Man, Ugresic writes with unmatched honesty and panache. \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is full of candid, personal, and opinionated accounts of topics ranging from the baffling worldwide-pop-culture phenomena to the detriments of conformist nationalism. Sarcastic, biting, and, at times, even heartbreaking, this new collection of essays fully captures the outspoken brilliance of Ugresic's insights into our modern world's culture and conformism, the many ways in which it is ridiculous, and how (deep, deep down) we are all true suckers for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDubravka Ugresic\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several works of fiction and several essay collections, including the NBCC award finalist, Karaoke Culture. She went into exile from Croatia after being label a witch for her anti-nationalistic stance during the Yugoslav war. She now resides in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Williams\u003c\/b\u003e did his doctoral research on the post-Yugoslav writings of Dubravka Ugresic and the idea of a literature of the Eastern European ruins. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Postcommunism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDubravka Ugresic\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several works of fiction and several essay collections, including the NBCC award finalist, Karaoke Culture. She went into exile from Croatia after being label a witch for her anti-nationalistic stance during the Yugoslav war. She now resides in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Williams\u003c\/b\u003e did his doctoral research on the post-Yugoslav writings of Dubravka Ugresic and the idea of a literature of the Eastern European ruins. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Postcommunism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769938280736,"sku":"9781934824573","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8cdbbda5c1bc4f7cd71eeffb34cd5c7.webp?v=1780360306","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/karaoke-culture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}