Against Amazon And Other Essays
Against Amazon And Other Essays by Jorge Carrión, published by Biblioasis in 2020, is a thought-provoking exploration of the challenges faced by bookshops and libraries in the age of Amazon and modern technology. This edition, comprising 280 pages, delves into the social, cultural, and intellectual significance of these vital spaces, presenting a narrative that intertwines personal reflections with broader societal critiques.
Readers will find a collection of essays that traverse various locations, from London to Argentina, highlighting the unique character of bookshops and libraries. Carrión includes interviews with notable writers and librarians, offering insights into the evolving landscape of literature and commerce. This work serves as both a celebration of literary culture and a critical examination of the impact of late capitalism on the world of books and reading.
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Good 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.
Picking up where the widely praised Bookshops: A Reader’s History left off, Against Amazon and Other Essays 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 Carrión 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–Against Amazon 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.
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