The Barbarians: An Essay on the Mutation of Culture

by Alessandro Baricco and Stephen Sartarelli

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From one of Italy's most respected literary voices, a manifesto on the state of global culture and how connectivity is changing the way we experience it. For the gatekeepers of traditional high culture, the rise of young ambitious outsiders has indeed seemed like nothing short of a barbarian invasion. In this concise and powerful manifesto, Alessandro Baricco explores a handful of realms that have been "plundered"-wine, soccer, music, and books-and extrapolates that it is not a case of old values against new but a widespread mutation that we are all part of, leading toward a different way of having experiences and creating meaning.
  • ISBN10 0847842916
  • ISBN13 9780847842919
  • Publish Date 7 January 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 176
  • Language English