Shields, David.

Remote.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 14 cm x 20 cm. 203 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

“In this truly one-of-a-kind book, the author/narrator – a representative, in extremis, of contemporary American obsession with beauty, celebrity, transmitted image – finds himself suspended, fascinated, in the remoteness of our new wall-to-wall mediascape. It is a remoteness that both perplexes and enthralls him.” (from front flap)

″David Sheilds reads his own life – reads our life – as if it were an allegory about remoteness and finds persuasive, hilarious, heartbreaking evidence wherever he goes.” (from back flap)

• Keywords: 20th Century · 20th Century Literature · American Culture · American Literature · American Writer · Autobiography · Humour · Media · Satire · Social Commentary · Social History
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780679445913
• Inventory Number: 60308AB

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