{"product_id":"against-amazon-and-other-essays-9781771963039","title":"Against Amazon: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA history of bookshops, an autobiography of a reader, a travelogue, a love letter--and, most urgently, a manifesto.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking up where the widely praised \u003cem\u003eBookshops: A Reader's History \u003c\/em\u003eleft off, \u003cem\u003eAgainst Amazon and Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e 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 Carri n 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--\u003cem\u003eAgainst Amazon\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771963039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Jorge Carri\u0026#243;n","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668355444892,"sku":"9781771963039","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9ac00d62-61f0-49b9-ae81-6eef5e00d9ba.jpg?v=1603917313","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/against-amazon-and-other-essays-9781771963039","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}