Amazonia by James Marcus
In a book that Ian Frazier has called "a fascinating and sometimes hair-raising morality tale from deep inside the Internet boom," James Marcus, hired by Amazon.com in 1996, when the company was so small his e-mail address could be james@amazon.com, looks back a decade later at the ecstatic rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable comeback of the consummate symbol of late 1990s America. Observing "how it was to be in the right place (Seattle) at the right time (the 90s)" (Chicago Reader), Marcus offers a ringside seat on everything from his first interview with Jeff Bezos to the company's bizarre, Nordic-style retreats, creating what Jonathan Raban calls "an utterly beguiling book." For this first paperback edition, Marcus has added a new afterword with further reflections on his Amazon experience. In the tradition of the most noteworthy and entertaining memoirs of recent years, Marcus offers us a modern-day fable, "a clear-eyed, first-person account, rife with digressions on the larger cultural meaning throughout" (Henry Alford, Newsday).
"This book is far more important than just somebody's experience at AmazonAmazonia really does convey the experience of the era."
Henry Blodget, Former Wall Street Analyst Who Covered Amazon.com in the Late 1990s
"Funny, contemplative . . . a memoir that generates frequent smiles of recognition."
San Francisco Chronicle
"Marcus is a graceful writer with an eye for detail."
The Boston Globe
"Should win over even the most jaded dot-com vets with [its] swift, clever, and intelligent rendering of their history."
Seattle Weekly
Henry Blodget, Former Wall Street Analyst Who Covered Amazon.com in the Late 1990s
"Funny, contemplative . . . a memoir that generates frequent smiles of recognition."
San Francisco Chronicle
"Marcus is a graceful writer with an eye for detail."
The Boston Globe
"Should win over even the most jaded dot-com vets with [its] swift, clever, and intelligent rendering of their history."
Seattle Weekly
James Marcus was employed as Senior Editor at Amazon.com from 1996 to 2001. An award-winning translator, he has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the Village Voice, the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book World, the New York Review of Books, Lingua Franca, and many other publications. He lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781595580245 |
| ISBN 10 | 1595580247 |
| Title | Amazonia |
| Author | James Marcus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 2005-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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