Dimensions
135 x 203 x 27mm
ether on Broadway or at the movies' considering a new novel or revisiting a classic work of literature' Daniel Mendelsohn's judgments over the past fifteen years have provoked and dazzled with their deep erudition' disarming emotionality' and tart wit. Now' in HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS AND HOW EASILY IT CAN BE BROKEN' we see all at once the overwhelming depth and intelligence infused in Mendelsohn's writings' as he brings his distinctive combination of scholarly rigor and conversational ease to bear across eras' cultures' and genres' from Roman games to video games.
His striking interpretations of our most important films-from the work of Pedro Almodóvar to Brokeback Mountain' United 93 and World Trade Center' 300' Troy' and The Hours-have sparked debate and changed the way we watch movies. Just as stunning and influential are his dispatches on theater and literature' from The Producers to Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex' from Euripides' Medea to the letters of Truman Capote. HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS makes it clear that no other contemporary thinker is as engaged with as many aspects of our culture and its influences as Mendelsohn is' and no one practices the vanishing art of popular criticism with more acuity' humor' and feeling.
