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Snobbery: The American Version Paperback - 2003
by Joseph Epstein
"Snobbery" is Epstein's "deliciously readable" ("Harper's Bazaar") collection of essays skewering all manner of elitism. Filled with dishy detail, "Snobbery" takes up its subject in contemporary America, examining the discriminating qualities in all.
Summary
A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, being with-it, name-dropping, and much more. Clever, incisive, and immensely entertaining, Snobberyexplores the shallows and depths of status and taste -- with enviable results.
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RATHER THAN imply his superiority to his subject, the author of a book about snobbery ought to set out, fairly briefly, his own experience of snobbery.
Details
- Title Snobbery: The American Version
- Author Joseph Epstein
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Fifth Printing
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, Boston
- Date 2003-07-07
- ISBN 9780618340736 / 0618340734
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 5.54 x 0.71 in (23.47 x 14.07 x 1.80 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001051623
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.509
Media reviews
"[SNOBBERY is] like a chorus line of wonderful observational one-liners . . . All these gems add up to a fun and funny read." --Joan O'C. Hamilton Business Week
"[SNOBBERY] is a captivating jeu d'esprit of a book, one that brims over with illuminating perceptions . . ." --Daphne Merkin Elle
"It's hard to criticize a writer who can make you laugh out loud on every third page . . ." --Martha Bayles The New York Times Book Review
"[E]ngaging . . . Epstein [is] one of America's best essayists . . ." --Richard Stengal Time Magazine
". . . [W]onderfully engaging . . . marvelous . . ." --David Brooks The Wall Street Journal
". . . [Epstein] has a wickedly wonderful sense of humor and keen observational skills . . ." Publishers Weekly
"A deliciously readable analysis of the origins of snobbery and its myriad cultural manifestations . . ." Harper's Bazaar
"[SNOBBERY] is a captivating jeu d'esprit of a book, one that brims over with illuminating perceptions . . ." --Daphne Merkin Elle
"It's hard to criticize a writer who can make you laugh out loud on every third page . . ." --Martha Bayles The New York Times Book Review
"[E]ngaging . . . Epstein [is] one of America's best essayists . . ." --Richard Stengal Time Magazine
". . . [W]onderfully engaging . . . marvelous . . ." --David Brooks The Wall Street Journal
". . . [Epstein] has a wickedly wonderful sense of humor and keen observational skills . . ." Publishers Weekly
"A deliciously readable analysis of the origins of snobbery and its myriad cultural manifestations . . ." Harper's Bazaar
Citations
- Business Week, 06/30/2003, Page 22
- New York Times, 06/29/2003, Page 20
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