Notes on the Death of Culture

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

A provocative essay collection that finds the Nobel laureate taking on the decline of intellectual life

In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment. Notes on the Death of Culture is an examination and indictment of this transformation--penned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250094747
• ISBN13: 9781250094742
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Picador Paper
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"