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Oranges and Peanuts for Sale Free FREE ORANGES AND PEANUTS FOR SALE PDF Eliot Weinberger | 272 pages | 08 Sep 2011 | New Directions Publishing Corporation | 9780811218344 | English | New York, United States New Directions Publishing | Oranges & Peanuts For Sale Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh Oranges and Peanuts for Sale try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. They include introductions for books of avant-garde poets; collaborations with visual artists, and articles for publications such as The New York Review of BooksThe London Review of Booksand October. One Oranges and Peanuts for Sale focuses on writers and literary works: strange tales from classical and modern China; the Psalms in translation: a skeptical look at E. The reader will also find Oranges and Peanuts for Sale unlikely convergences between Samuel Beckett and Octavio Paz, photography and anthropology, and, of course, oranges and peanuts, as well as an encomium for Obama, a manifesto on translation, a brief appearance by Shiva, and reflections on the color blue, death, exoticism, Susan Sontag, and the arts and war. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Dec 03, Jim Coughenour rated it really liked it Shelves: essaysforautodidacts. Weinberger's essays are one of my favorite discoveries Oranges and Peanuts for Sale It kicks into gear with a comically dyspeptic review of E. B White's essay for The New Yorker. This particular essay kept a friend and me in caffienated conversation for a full month. There's another fine essay on the T'ang, and another evisceration — of Robert Alter's much-praised translation of the Hebrew Psalms. Weinberger has much to say on the subject of translation, all of it stimulating. I also appreciated his essay on Susan Sontag, taken by some readers it seems, browsing about as a cruel dismissal of Oranges and Peanuts for Sale specific genius. I didn't read it that way. The saddest essay came toward the end, "The United States of Obama," written in June when there was still so much reason for hope, before the dispiriting spectacle of the last couple years — "Surrender At Home; War Abroad," in the phrase of Tariq Ali's recent diatribe. But you can hardly blame a man for hope; only for being deliberately obtuse — and of that, there is no sign. Weinberger is a writer who makes me happy to be a reader. View 2 comments. Apr 17, Andrew rated it really liked it. A wonderful collection of short, intriguing essays. Weinberger seems very much in the tradition of those he most admires Pound, Williams, Oppen, etc. While I loved the essays about translation and various Chinese poets I prove his point by never having heard of, I find I most appreciate his 'political essays'. That is, Weinberger gives blunt voice to the too-often unspoken spinelessness of the modern poet, as she or he retre A wonderful collection of short, intriguing essays. That is, Weinberger gives blunt voice to the too-often unspoken spinelessness of the modern poet, as she or he retreats from brutal american reality ever further into an academy the uselessness of which is as obvious as it is denied. Weinberger is no crank, as his deft appreciation of the possibility of the internet makes clear. He's a beautiful, welcome voice for hope and human effort. Apr 07, Mike rated it really liked it. Weinberger gets only one thing wrong in this book--he claims he's not an artist. I don't know if there's anything in this book to match his very best work--"The Dream of India," "The Falls," "Muhammad"--but it's a superb collection, both beautiful and scholarly, marred only by the occasional bit of crotchetiness. View all 5 comments. Oct 29, Qinglan rated it really liked it. Different from elemental thing but the essays that make him famous are worth the read. Jul 06, Matt rated it really liked it. I've been reading this one, a couple essays before bed, off and on for the last three or four months, so my thoughts are a little hazy about early sections-- but this is definitely a book of sections, with differing Oranges and Peanuts for Sale and appeals. There's a lot in here about Chinese poetry, both contemporary and the influence of classical styles on the same, which made me wish I had one of Weinberg's anthologies to go along with the reading. It's erudite and alert stuff which still managed to go over my he I've been reading this one, a couple essays before bed, off and on for the last three or four months, so my thoughts are a little hazy about early sections-- but this is definitely a book of sections, with differing focuses and appeals. Oranges and Peanuts for Sale erudite and alert stuff which still managed to go over my head. There's maybe the most lucid take I've ever seen-- I wish I were this good when I talked about it to my students-- about the role Pound and other modernist's understanding flawed, but hindsight is a bitch of Asian lits-- and how it MADE the modernists. This is in the essay "Inventing China," which is remarkable. There's a lot of political writing here, too, especially about the Iraq war and Weinberger's outrage over what he calls at times "the Cheney-Bush administration. In other words, I feel like these essays could use more art, be more persuasive rather than strictly documentary. There are also funny formal experiments, mostly dealing with accumulating fragments of things. It's a wide ranging and rangey book. There are a lot Oranges and Peanuts for Sale different kinds of things in here. It's hard to imagine reading Oranges and Peanuts for Sale cover to cover, except over a really long span of weeks like I did. Feb 21, Paul Secor rated it really liked it Shelves: artists-of-the-mind-essaysfavorite- cover-designs. Many fine essays included here. For me, Mr. Weinberger misses the mark Oranges and Peanuts for Sale least a couple of times. No one reads E. White for cutting edge writing about his times, at least I don't. I read him for the grace of his prose. And Mr. Weinberger, like many of us, got caught up in Obama's con game - Many fine essays included here. And it's interesting to read "Susan Sontag", which begins as an essay praising Ms. Sontag and ends up tearing most of her work down. Eliot Weinberger is a thoughtful man who is passionate about the things he loves and thinks are important. Nov 10, Beth Marzoni rated it it was amazing Shelves: non-fiction. Oranges and Peanuts for Sale more of his work I read, the more convinced I become that Eliot Weinberger Oranges and Peanuts for Sale among the finest minds in English-language letters todayperhaps in letters period. This collection highlights his incredible range and his incredible skill, and Oranges and Peanuts for Sale a number of pieces that should be required reading for every American. Here's a writer who will make you think and think about what Oranges and Peanuts for Sale. Jun 29, Jayson rated it it was amazing. Less focused than Weinberger's most recent collections--this, Karmic Traces, and an Elemental Thing--Oranges and Peanuts is still a delight that will please devotees of the essayist and translator's writings. Jan 24, Tuck rated it it was amazing. Jan 16, Lukas rated it really liked it. Oct 01, Lisa rated it liked it. As usual lots of interesting stuff to ponder upon. I didn't enjoy this book as much as his wonderful collection, Karmic Traces. Particularly liked the section on Chinese poetry Eva Luna rated it it was amazing Jan 02, Thomas rated it it was amazing Feb 01, Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez rated it it was amazing Oct 31, Josh rated it liked it Nov 03, David rated it really liked it Jun 17, Brendan rated it really liked it Jul 23, [Readings] Oranges & peanuts for sale, By Eliot Weinberger | Harper's Magazine Uh-oh, Oranges and Peanuts for Sale looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Javascript is not Oranges and Peanuts for Sale in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. NOOK Book. Home 1 Books 2. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. They include introductions for books of avant-garde poets; collaborations with visual artists, and articles for publications such as The New York Review of BooksThe London Review of Booksand October. One section focuses on writers and literary works: strange tales from classical and modern China; the Psalms in translation: a skeptical look at E. The reader will also find the unlikely convergences between Samuel Beckett and Octavio Paz, photography and anthropology, and, of course, oranges and peanuts, as well as an encomium for Obama, a manifesto on translation, a brief appearance by Shiva, Oranges and Peanuts for Sale reflections on the color blue, death, exoticism, Susan Sontag, and the arts and war.
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