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The catastrophe hour
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- Book Synopsis
- Winner of the Airmail Tom Wolfe Literary Prize for Reportage, 2025 'For the last five or six years, on many afternoons around 4 or 5 p.m., I've been overcome with the sensation that my life is effectively over. This is not a sensation of the world ending; it's a distinct feeling of being at the end of my days. My time, while technically not "up," is disappearing in the rearview mirror. The fact that this feeling of ambient doom tends to coincide with the blue-tinged, pre-gloaming light of the late afternoon lends to the whole thing a cosmic beauty, as devastating as it is awe-inspiring. As such, I've dubbed this the catastrophe hour.' From the author of The Unspeakable and The Problem with Everything comes a new collection of unputdownable essays. Written between 2016 and 2024, these essays are classic Daum, showcasing her wit, her intellect and her uncanny ability to throw new light on even the most ubiquitous of subjects. Delving into divorce, dating, music, friendship, beauty, aging, death and money, Daum's unflinching honesty and exacting observations secure her reputation as one of our most important and enduring essayists.
- About The Author
- Meghan Daum is the author of six books, most recently The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars, a New York Times Notable Book for 2019. Her collection of original essays, The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects Of Discussion, won the 2015 Pen Center USA Award for creative nonfiction and she has been the recipient of fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781912559688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions, (15 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 200 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 13.7 mm
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