{"product_id":"hand-drying-in-america-and-other-stories-9780307906908","title":"Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ben Katchor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most original and imaginative American cartoonists at work today comes a collection of graphic narratives on the subjects of urban planning, product design, and architecture--a surrealist handbook for the rebuilding of society in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Katchor, a master at twisting mundane commodities into surreal objects of social significance, now takes on the many ways our property influences and reflects cultural values. Here are window-ledge pillows designed expressly for people-watching and a forest of artificial trees for sufferers of hay fever. The Brotherhood of Immaculate Consumption deals with the matter of products that outlive their owners; a school of dance is based upon the choreographic motion of paying with cash; high-visibility construction vests are marketed to lonely people as a method of getting noticed. With cutting wit Katchor reveals a world similar to our own--lives are defined by possessions, consumerism is a kind of spirituality--but also slightly, fabulously askew. Frequently and brilliantly bizarre, and always mesmerizing, \u003ci\u003eHand-Drying in America\u003c\/i\u003e ensures that you will never look at a building, a bar of soap, or an ATM the same way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH BEAUTIFUL FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45356126503063,"sku":"9780307906908","price":1795.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780307906908.webp?v=1767671602","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hand-drying-in-america-and-other-stories-9780307906908","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}