Glass, Paper, Beans
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Glass, Paper, Beans by Leah Hager Cohen
Once upon a time we knew the origins of things: what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate came from, which well our water was dipped from, who cobbled our shoes, and whose cow provided the leather. In many parts of the world, that information is still readily available. But in our society, even as technology makes certain kinds of information more accessible than ever, other connections are irrevocably lost. In Glass, Paper, Beans, Leah Cohen traces three simple commodities on their geographic and semantic journey from her rickety table at the Someday Caf to their various points of origin. As Cohen draws the reader Oz-like across time and continents, she brings to life three unforgettable characters whose labor provides the glass for her mug, the pulp for her newspaper and the beans for her cup of coffee. In prose as sophisticated as it is simple, she braids the myths, lore, and history of these three simple staples and conjures an unseen world where economics, fetishization, and manufacture meet. An elegant and inspired inquiry into the true nature of things, Glass, Paper, Beans is a classic work on the economy of everyday life.Leah Hager Cohen is the author of five novels, including The Sorrow of Others, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, was declared a New York Times Notable Book, and was chosen one of the greatest books of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus Reviews, and The Globe and Mail, as well as the upcoming No Book But the World. She has also written four other nonfiction books, including Train Go Sorry. She contributes to The New York Times Book Review on a regular basis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385492577 |
| ISBN 10 | 038549257X |
| Title | Glass, Paper, Beans |
| Author | Leah Hager Cohen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Year published | 1998-08-17 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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