{"product_id":"against-amazon-and-other-essays-9781771963039","title":"Against Amazon: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NEW \u0026amp; NOTEWORTHY BOOK\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJorge Carrión's \u003cem\u003eBookshops: A Reader's History\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Biblioasis in 2017, was universally acclaimed and has appeared in thirteen languages. He is the author of three novels, including \u003cem\u003eLos muertos\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2011 Festival de Chambéry Prize for best first novel in Spanish. Carrión's journalism appears in the Spanish-language edition of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and many other newspapers in Europe and the Americas. He lives in Barcelona, where he is the director of the creative writing program at Pompeu Fabra University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Bush's recent translations include Teresa Solana's \u003cem\u003eThe First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, his selection of \u003cem\u003eBarcelona Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, and Quim Monzó's \u003cem\u003eWhy, Why, Why?\u003c\/em\u003e In press are Josep Pla's \u003cem\u003eSalt Water\u003c\/em\u003e and Juan Francisco de Dios Hernández's \u003cem\u003eLeonardo Balada: A Transatlantic Gaze\u003c\/em\u003e; in process, Balzac's \u003cem\u003eThe Lily in the Valley\u003c\/em\u003e and Najat El Hachmi's \u003cem\u003eMother of Milk and Honey\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Oxford, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506337288466,"sku":"9781771963039","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_80197da2-3ae0-4414-b9e8-e59558a1c58d.jpg?v=1730848956","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/against-amazon-and-other-essays-9781771963039","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}