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Cover of From Bauhaus to Our House

From Bauhaus to Our House

✍ Scribed by Tom Wolfe


Publisher
Picador
Tongue
English
Weight
516 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


Tom Wolfe, "America's most skillful satirist" (The Atlantic Monthly), examines the strange saga of American architecture in this sequel to The Painted Word. Tom Wolfe is the author of a dozen books, among them such contemporary classics as The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. He lives in New York City. In his sequel to The Painted Word, Tom Wolfe, examines the strange saga of American architecture in the 20th century. "No wonder . . . this book is the hottest topic in Manhattan's architectural salons."β€”The New York Times Book Review "No wonder . . . this book is the hottest topic in Manhattan's architectural salons."β€”The New York Times Book Review "Tom Wolfe has squeezed a funny tale out of glass and stone."β€”The Wall Street Journal "A search-and-destroy mission against architectural pretensions . . . a funny book."β€”New York magazine"America's most skillful satirist."β€”The Atlantic Montly "Full of Insight . . . marvelously right."β€”People "Sharp serpent's-tooth wit, useful cultural insight, and snazzy zip! pop! writing."β€”Playboy"Wolfe's delightfully witty, biting history of modern architecture is a scintillating high comedy of big money, manners, and massive manipulation of public taste."β€”Publishers Weekly


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