{"product_id":"having-and-being-had-paperback","title":"Having and Being Had - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEula Biss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eINSTYLE\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sensational new book [that] tries to figure out whether it\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society. . . . The results are enthralling.\" --Associated Press \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA timely and arresting new look at affluence by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, \"one of the leading lights of the modern American essay.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts,\" Eula Biss writes, \"the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.\" Having just purchased her first home, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Through a series of engaging exchanges--in libraries and laundromats, over barstools and backyard fences--she examines our assumptions about class and property and the ways we internalize the demands of capitalism. Described by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas a writer who \"advances from all sides, like a chess player,\" Biss offers an uncommonly immersive and deeply revealing new portrait of work and luxury, of accumulation and consumption, of the value of time and how we spend it. Ranging from IKEA to Beyoncé to Pokemon, Biss asks, of both herself and her class, \"In what have we invested?\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEula Biss\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Immunity: An Inoculation\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNotes from No Man\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003es Land: American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003es Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and has been supported by an NEA Literature Fellowship, a Howard Foundation Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354764689657,"sku":"9780525537465","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ky91K0dHYmwyQk91bDdaQ1Jpd2IzZz09.webp?v=1769843642","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/having-and-being-had-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}