News, the: a user's manual
Auteur :
de Botton, Alain
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780241972694
Date de publication :
26 févr. 2015
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
300 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous?