Read America - Books Library

America

Unknown Author

4.9/5 (10673 ratings)

Description:Here you can read a modern French philosopher's impressions of America. The author writes poetically and impressionistically about his visits to California and New York and points in between. He is simultaneously impressed, charmed, confounded, curious, and intrigued by this big country and its people, in contrast to Europe and Europeans. This is not so much a travelogue, but rather a gentle and thoughtful dissection of American culture, done in drive-by fashion, taking in the architecture, billboards, men and women on the sidewalks, the corner stop-and-shops, the geography, the highways, deserts, even the skies. This is not a book putting down America, as one might eroneously assume, but neither is it a pat-on-the-back. For American readers, it will serve as a mirror that reflects striking realities, both flattering and not, that, nevertheless, have become so common to us Americans that they are practically invisible to us, if not for the insightful light shined by this urbane French writer. Think of this book as a French impressionistic painting of America,--more in the "people-caught-in-the-act" style of Manet, rather than Monet with his lillies and haystacks--where the mundane, the ugly, the beautiful and the grandiose blend into a composition of insight, harmony and even-handed judgement of the particulars. - David Ciaffardini on Amazon.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with America. To get started finding America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 154

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 184467682X

Description: Here you can read a modern French philosopher's impressions of America. The author writes poetically and impressionistically about his visits to California and New York and points in between. He is simultaneously impressed, charmed, confounded, curious, and intrigued by this big country and its people, in contrast to Europe and Europeans. This is not so much a travelogue, but rather a gentle and thoughtful dissection of American culture, done in drive-by fashion, taking in the architecture, billboards, men and women on the sidewalks, the corner stop-and-shops, the geography, the highways, deserts, even the skies. This is not a book putting down America, as one might eroneously assume, but neither is it a pat-on-the-back. For American readers, it will serve as a mirror that reflects striking realities, both flattering and not, that, nevertheless, have become so common to us Americans that they are practically invisible to us, if not for the insightful light shined by this urbane French writer. Think of this book as a French impressionistic painting of America,--more in the "people-caught-in-the-act" style of Manet, rather than Monet with his lillies and haystacks--where the mundane, the ugly, the beautiful and the grandiose blend into a composition of insight, harmony and even-handed judgement of the particulars. - David Ciaffardini on Amazon.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with America. To get started finding America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

America

America

More Books

America's Agenda

America's Agenda

RECENT DISCOVERIES ATTRIBUTED TO EARLY MAN IN AMERICA

RECENT DISCOVERIES ATTRIBUTED TO EARLY MAN IN AMERICA

History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution

History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution

United States of America V. Denny

United States of America V. Denny

History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789].

History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789].

Black Lives Don't Matter In America's Criminal Justice System

Black Lives Don't Matter In America's Criminal Justice System

United States of America Ex Rel. Richerson V. Wolff

United States of America Ex Rel. Richerson V. Wolff

United States of America V. Palermo

United States of America V. Palermo

Interstate Cigar Co. V. United States of America

Interstate Cigar Co. V. United States of America