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4 de set. de 2007 · The Braindead Megaphone. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. The breakout book from "the funniest writer in America"--not to mention an official "Genius"--his first nonfiction ...
From Publishers Weekly. Best known for his absurdist, sci-fi–tinged short stories, Saunders (In Persuasion Nation) offers up an assortment of styles in his first nonfiction collection. Humor pieces from the New Yorker like Ask the Optimist, in which a newspaper advice column spins out of control, reflect the gleeful insanity of his fiction ...
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24 de jan. de 2024 · It is within our power, Saunders reminds us, to resist the media manipulation machine — the “braindead megaphone” telling us that the world is broken, war inevitable, and human beings doomed by their own nature. Urging us to “insist that what’s said through it be as precise, intelligent, and humane as possible,” he writes:
The Braindead Megaphone Quotes Showing 1-30 of 80. “Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.”. ― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone.
In his essay “The Braindead Megaphone,” George Saunders explores the power of media and how it can shape our perceptions of the world. Through various examples and anecdotes, Saunders argues that the media has become a “megaphone” that amplifies certain voices while drowning out others, leading to a distorted understanding of reality.
Books. The Braindead Megaphone. George Saunders. Penguin, Sep 4, 2007 - Literary Collections - 272 pages. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. The breakout book from "the funniest ...
The Braindead Megaphone invites the reader to imagine a person at a party with a megaphone. Megaphone Guy might not have much to say, but he?s got a megaphone and so he is heard, his utterances setting the agenda for the entire party, the party?s collective intelligence (its crowd-like wisdom if you want to put it that way) determined by the ...
