{"product_id":"2940169470888","title":"ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging, rule-bending collection from \"a major American writer\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)amp;mdash;reclaiming the power of attention in an age of constant distraction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young American Novelists, Joshua Cohen arrives with his first collection of nonfiction, the culmination of two decades of writing and thought about life in the digital age. In essays, memoir, criticism, diary entries, and lettersamp;mdash;many appearing here for the first timeamp;mdash;Cohen covers the full depth and breadth of modern life: politics, literature, art, music, travel, the media, and psychology, and subjects as diverse as Google, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, fictional animals, Gustav Mahler, Aretha Franklin, John Zorn, landscape photography, fake Caravaggios, Wikipedia, Gertrude Stein, Edward Snowden, Jonathan Franzen, Olympic women's fencing, Atlantic City casinos, the closing of the Ringling Bros. circus, and Azerbaijan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eATTENTION,\u003c\/i\u003e Cohen directs his sharp gaze at home and abroad, calling upon his extraordinary erudition and unrivaled ability to draw connections between seemingly unlike things to show us how to live without fear in a world overflowing with information. In each piece, he projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his, and a voice as witty, profound, and distinct as any in American letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt this crucial juncture in history, \u003ci\u003eATTENTION\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide for the perplexedamp;mdash;a handbook for anyone hoping to bring the wisdom of the past into the culture of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097957646576,"sku":"2940169470888","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169470888_p0.jpg?v=1763683508","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169470888","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}