Unemployment
Autor Aaron Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2009
Unemployment is the newest zine by Aaron Lake Smith of Big Hands fame. "There's nothing quite like the nagging doubt that accompanies a period of unemployment,"begins the zine and for the next 44 pages Aaron brings us along on his dark journey into the heart of the failing American empire. Whether touching on the allegorical implications of the Spider-Man/Peter Parker character symbiosis, dreaming about a shameful meeting with a Christ-like Crimethinc author, or just roaming the recession-era streets, Aaron applies everything to the current economic slump and does so in prose that is tight, engaging, and downright hilarious. This little primer/per-zine is some timely stuff.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781934620298
ISBN-10: 1934620297
Pagini: 44
Dimensiuni: 147 x 97 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.02 kg
Ediția:Second Edition,
Editura: Microcosm Publishing
ISBN-10: 1934620297
Pagini: 44
Dimensiuni: 147 x 97 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.02 kg
Ediția:Second Edition,
Editura: Microcosm Publishing
Recenzii
"Aaron is a ninja of prose. His weapons: snark and wit. After bringing us into his world of penniless horror, he wraps it all up ingeniously with... Crimethinc. ... Aaron is truly gifted and a writer in his time." —Razorcake
"In this thought-provoking, fun-sized zine, Aaron Lake Smith tackles the basic shittiness of joblessness (lack of money, lowered self-esteem and even the loss of comfort upon suddenly losing your daily routine), but he also- more interestingly- explores the paralyzing effects unemployment can have on one’s ability to really do anything at all." —Askew Reviews
"Genuinely depressing ruminations on the debilitating effects of being without work. And the sad conclusion I reached after reading this: being smart and unemployed must be worse than being dumb and unemployed. Because just knowing the word "purgatorial" makes your situation become more distinctively so." —Roctober
"This is one of those little pocket books that no one does better than Microcosm. ... This is a great little book. It takes a detour in the last pages to talk about the hopes that people had at the time of the election of President Obama." —410Media
"Reading through Unemployment leads me to believe that the writer is a gifted observer with a talent for understanding the absurdities of everyday life." —The Rumpus
"Over the course of seven chapters, Aaron contemplates the paradox of his situation (What's better? Free-time, but no money; money, but no free-time) as well as the age-old question of how to survive as an artist in a society that makes that pursuit extremely difficult. Aaron also wishes he could enjoy just one day of unemployment without the nagging dread of what the future may hold. ... Whatever the future holds, Unemployment is a snapshot of a time that is (hopefully!) almost over for all of us." —Reglar Wiglar
"Aaron's voice and personal insights always manage to capture my attention, even when he's on a topic like this that's getting played out in every venue and medium nowadays. ... Keep an eye on this one. He's got his head in the game." —Maximum Rocknroll
"In this thought-provoking, fun-sized zine, Aaron Lake Smith tackles the basic shittiness of joblessness (lack of money, lowered self-esteem and even the loss of comfort upon suddenly losing your daily routine), but he also- more interestingly- explores the paralyzing effects unemployment can have on one’s ability to really do anything at all." —Askew Reviews
"Genuinely depressing ruminations on the debilitating effects of being without work. And the sad conclusion I reached after reading this: being smart and unemployed must be worse than being dumb and unemployed. Because just knowing the word "purgatorial" makes your situation become more distinctively so." —Roctober
"This is one of those little pocket books that no one does better than Microcosm. ... This is a great little book. It takes a detour in the last pages to talk about the hopes that people had at the time of the election of President Obama." —410Media
"Reading through Unemployment leads me to believe that the writer is a gifted observer with a talent for understanding the absurdities of everyday life." —The Rumpus
"Over the course of seven chapters, Aaron contemplates the paradox of his situation (What's better? Free-time, but no money; money, but no free-time) as well as the age-old question of how to survive as an artist in a society that makes that pursuit extremely difficult. Aaron also wishes he could enjoy just one day of unemployment without the nagging dread of what the future may hold. ... Whatever the future holds, Unemployment is a snapshot of a time that is (hopefully!) almost over for all of us." —Reglar Wiglar
"Aaron's voice and personal insights always manage to capture my attention, even when he's on a topic like this that's getting played out in every venue and medium nowadays. ... Keep an eye on this one. He's got his head in the game." —Maximum Rocknroll
Notă biografică
Aaron Lake Smith is the author of the zine Big Hands and has written for Time, Vice, the New York Times, and Truthout. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.