The Life of the Automobile by Ilya Ehrenburg
First published seventy years ago, The Life of the Automobile is the novel of the consumer dream. Flamboyant characters like Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan and Andr? Citro?n move in and out of its pages and so, too, do the unhappy victims of the first crash and the first strikes in the car plants. Written at a time when confidence in science was supreme, The Life of the Automobile uncannily predicts the rise and fall of our romance with the car: it is as relevant now as when it was first published.
This book is not a novel; it is a chronicle of our time -- Ilya Ehrenburg ?A Futurist-Expressionist masterpiece * superbly translated? Sunday Times *
Born in 1891, Ilya Ehrenberg died in Russia in 1967. A prolific journalist and writer, he was the author of A Street in Moscow and The Thaw.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852426361 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852426365 |
| Title | The Life of the Automobile |
| Author | Ilya Ehrenburg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Serpent's Tail |
| Year published | 1999-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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