The American Beast
- Author Jill Lepore
- Narrator Lisa Rost-Welling
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Run Time 12 hours and 15 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Central / national / federal government, Politics and government, Public administration, Social and political philosophy, Society and Social Sciences.
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What to expect
The past decade has marked a shift in America's trajectory, pivoting around the monumental presidential election of 2016. Acclaimed author and leading historian Jill Lepore has been documenting the twists and turns as they unfold, beginning with the run-up to Trump's election through to the chaos and confusion left in its wake.
In this incisive collection of essays published in the New Yorker, Lepore writes with wit and warmth as she reflects on the issues of our time: from culture wars and the corrosion of the media to disruptive innovation and the future of technology, from the constitutional crisis surrounding gun rights to the racial history behind the language of insurrection. Balancing a penetrating personal lens with indispensable history, she makes sense of public life during an era of aberration and extremity that has left our political landscape forever changed.
Rooted in the everyday lives of its citizens, The American Beast offers an arresting portrait of America over the span of a decade, capturing the tumultuous relationship between the country's violent past and fractured present.
(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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PRAISE FOR JILL LEPORE: The pre-eminent historian of forgotten tales from America’s past
David Runciman -
Lepore is America’s greatest living essayist. No one else can sway so gracefully between the personal and the political, the micro and the macro, while remaining so firmly grounded in common human experience . . . Wonderful
Fintan O'Toole -
A person can’t help but feel inspired by the riveting intelligence and joyful curiosity of Lepore. Knowing that there is a mind like hers in the world is a hope-inducing thing
George Saunders -
Lepore writes history like a poet
Dan Snow -
Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style
Amanda Foreman -
A compelling political narrative
David Kynaston
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