In Pursuit of Silence
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In Pursuit of Silence by George Prochnik
A brilliant, far-reaching exploration of the frontiers of noise and silence, and the growing war between them.
Between iPods, music-blasting restaurants, earsplitting sports stadiums, and endless air and road traffic, the place for quiet in our lives grows smaller by the day. In Pursuit of Silence gives context to our increasingly desperate sense that noise pollution is, in a very real way, an environmental catastrophe. Traveling across the country and meeting and listening to a host of incredible characters, including doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks, activists, educators, marketers, and aggrieved citizens, George Prochnik examines why we began to be so loud as a society, and what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet.The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World, George Prochnik's most recent book, won the National Jewish Book Award for Biography/Memoir in 2014 and was shortlisted for the Wingate Prize in the United Kingdom. In Search of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise (2010) and Putnam Camp: Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Mission of American Psychology (2006) are two other books by Prochnik. He is the editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine and has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bookforum, and the LA Review of Books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385528887 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385528884 |
| Title | In Pursuit of Silence |
| Author | George Prochnik |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Doubleday Books |
| Year published | 2010-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 342 |
| Prizes | Commended for Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2010 |
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