The Smart Set
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Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Libertarianism |
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Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Libertarianism |
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Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Literature, Modern |
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Author | : Seth |
Publisher | : Drawn & Quarterly |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2021-10-20 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1770464883 |
Legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth’s magnus opus Clyde Fans, two decades in the making, appeared on twenty best of 2019 lists, including those from the New York Times, the Guardian, and Washington Post, and was nominated for an Eisner Award and the Giller Prize. Clyde Fans peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism, showing the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a vanished middle-class—garrulous self-made men in wool suits extolling the virtues of their wares to taciturn shopkeepers. Much like the myth of an ever-growing economy, the Clyde Fans family business is a fraud. The patriarch has abandoned it to mismatched sons, one who strives to keep the company afloat and the other who retreats into his memories. Abe and Simon Matchcard are brothers, struggling to save their archaic family business selling oscillating fans in a world switching to air conditioning. Simon flirts with becoming a salesman as a last-ditch effort to leave the protective walls of the family home, but is ultimately unable to escape Abe’s critical voice in his head. As Clyde Fans Co. crumbles, so does the relationship between the two men, who choose very different life paths but both end up utterly unhappy. Seth’s intimate storytelling and gorgeous art allow cityscapes and detailed period objects to tell their own stories as the brothers struggle to find themselves suffocating in an airless home. Twenty years in the making, Clyde Fans peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism. Legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth lovingly shows the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a middle-class that has long ceased to exist in North America—garrulous men in wool suits extolling the virtues of the wares to taciturn shopkeepers with an eye on the door. Much like the myth of an ever-growing economy, the Clyde Fans family unit is a fraud—the patriarch has abandoned the business to mismatched sons, one who strives to keep the business afloat and the other who retreats into the arms of the remaining parent. Abe and Simon Matchcard are brothers, the second generation struggling to save their archaic family business of selling oscillating fans in a world switching to air conditioning. At Clyde Fans’ center is Simon, who flirts with becoming a salesman as a last-ditch effort to leave the protective walls of the family home, but is ultimately unable to escape Abe’s critical voice in his head. As the business crumbles so does any remaining relationship between the two men, both of whom choose very different life paths but still end up utterly unhappy. Seth’s intimate storytelling and gorgeous art allow urban landscapes and detailed period objects to tell their own stories as the brothers struggle to find themselves suffocating in an airless city home. An epic time capsule of a storyline that begs rereading.
Author | : H. L. Mencken |
Publisher | : Regnery Publishing |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2000-12-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780895262318 |
Welcome the long overdue re-release of Mencken's continual war against conventional thinking.
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Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 1907 |
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Author | : Thomas Quinn Curtiss |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781557833129 |
Traces the lives of critic George Jean Nathan and his cohort H. L. Mencken
Author | : Clyde Fitch |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2020-07-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752320788 |
Reproduction of the original: The Smart Set by Clyde Fitch
Author | : Kristopher Jansma |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2014-02-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0143125028 |
Winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award Honorable Mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" (The Village Voice) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man’s quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe—from the author of Why We Came to the City As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma’s hopelessly unreliable—yet hopelessly earnest—narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice.
Author | : H. L. Mencken |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2010-08-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1615920692 |
No one ever argued more forcefully or with such acerbic wit against the foolish aspects of religion as H. L. Mencken (1880-1956). As a journalist, he gained national prominence through his newspaper columns describing the now-famous 1925 Scopes trial, which pitted Fundamentalists against a public school teacher who dared to teach evolution. But both before and after the Scopes trial, Mencken spent much of his career as a columnist and book reviewer lampooning the ignorant piety of gullible Americans.S. T. Joshi has brought together and organized many of Mencken''s writings on religion in this provocative and entertaining collection. The articles here presented demonstrate that Mencken canvassed the entire range of religious phenomena of his time, from evangelists Billy Sunday and Aime Semple McPherson, to Christian Scientists, and theosophists and spiritualists. On a more serious note are his discussions of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and the scientific worldview as a rival to religious belief. Also included are poignant autobiographical accounts of Mencken''s own upbringing and his core beliefs on religion, ethics, and politics.If anything was sacred to Mencken, it was the right to speak one''s mind freely, and many of his attacks are directed against those true believers who he felt tried to foist their beliefs on others to stifle independent thinking. For everyone who values freethought and sharp intelligence, this collection of articles by America''s premier iconoclast is a must.
Author | : George H. Douglas |
Publisher | : Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
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