| Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories Contributor(s): Katchor, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307906906 ISBN-13: 9780307906908 Publisher: Pantheon Books OUR PRICE: $25.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary - Comics & Graphic Novels | Anthologies |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| LCCN: 2012018003 |
| Series: Pantheon Graphic Novels |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 11.67" W x 12.2" (3.17 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: **Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year 2013** **NPR's Best Books of the Year 2013** WITH BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT From one of the most original and imaginative American cartoonists at work today comes a collection of graphic narratives on the subjects of urban planning, product design, and architecture--a surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in the twenty-first century. Ben Katchor, a master at twisting mundane commodities into surreal objects of social significance, now takes on the many ways our property influences and reflects cultural values. Here are window-ledge pillows designed expressly for people-watching and a forest of artificial trees for sufferers of hay fever. The Brotherhood of Immaculate Consumption deals with the matter of products that outlive their owners; a school of dance is based upon the choreographic motion of paying with cash; high-visibility construction vests are marketed to lonely people as a method of getting noticed. With cutting wit Katchor reveals a world similar to our own--lives are defined by possessions, consumerism is a kind of spirituality--but also slightly, fabulously askew. Frequently and brilliantly bizarre, and always mesmerizing, Hand-Drying in America ensures that you will never look at a building, a bar of soap, or an ATM the same way. |