{"product_id":"notes-on-the-death-of-culture-essays-on-spectacle-and-society-paperback","title":"Notes on the Death of Culture: Essays on Spectacle and Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn King\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative essay collection that finds the Nobel laureate taking on the decline of intellectual life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment. \u003ci\u003eNotes on the Death of Culture \u003c\/i\u003eis an examination and indictment of this transformation--penned by Mario Vargas Llosa, who is not only one of our finest novelists but one of the keenest social critics at work today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking his cues from T. S. Eliot--whose essay \"Notes Toward a Definition of Culture\" is a touchstone precisely because the culture Eliot aimed to describe has since vanished--Vargas Llosa traces a decline whose ill effects have only just begun to be felt. He mourns, in particular, the figure of the intellectual: for most of the twentieth century, men and women of letters drove political, aesthetic, and moral conversations; today they have all but disappeared from public debate. A necessary gadfly, the Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa provides a tough but essential critique of our time and culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa \u003c\/b\u003eis Peru's foremost author and the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1994 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and in 1995 he won the Jerusalem Prize. His many distinguished works include \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFeast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e, In \u003ci\u003ePraise of the Stepmother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversation in the Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eWay to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753092907296,"sku":"9781250094742","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c708f018a10d3e856fd2692d544ee95e.webp?v=1780012433","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/notes-on-the-death-of-culture-essays-on-spectacle-and-society-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}