Name: The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom (Vintage International) (in English)
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Author: Martin Amis
ISBN: 9781400096008

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Martin Amis

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

211

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.1 x 1.7 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN

1400096006

ISBN13

9781400096008

Synopsis "The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom (Vintage International) (in English)"

A collection of essays about 9/11 that constitute an evolving, provocative, and insightful examination of one of the most momentous events of our time--from "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation" (Time). At the heart of this collection is the long essay "Terror and Boredom," an unsparing analysis of Islamic fundamentalism and the West's flummoxed response to it, while other pieces address the invasion of Iraq, the realities of Iran, and Tony Blair's lingering departure from Downing Street (and also his trips to Washington and Iraq). Whether lambasted for his refusal to kowtow to Muslim pieties or hailed for his common sense, wide reading, and astute perspective, Amis is indisputably a great pleasure to read--informed, elegant, surprising--and this collection a resounding contemplation of the relentless, manifold dangers we live with in the twenty-first century.

Martin Amis

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Martin Amis (Swansea, 1949 - Florida, 2023) estudió en Oxford y debutó brillantemente como novelista con El libro de Rachel, galardonada en 1973 con el Premio Somerset Maugham, publicada en España (en 1985) por Anagrama. A lo largo de su trayectoria trabajó como guionista y varias de sus novelas fueron adaptadas para televisión. Es autor de relatos cortos, ensayos y novelas. Tiene dos libros de carácter autobiográfico: Experiencia y Koba el Temible. Su última obra fue Desde dentro.

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