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Karl Taro Greenfeld is a former Tokyo correspondent for The Nation. A longtime staff writer for Time, he is currently living in Hong Kong, where he is the deputy editor of Time Asia.

Obras de Karl T. Greenfeld

Associated Works

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 (2002) — Contribuinte — 596 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 2009 (2009) — Contribuinte — 363 cópias
The Best American Short Stories 2013 (2013) — Contribuinte — 276 cópias
The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (2008) — Contribuinte — 211 cópias
By the Seat of My Pants (2005) — Contribuinte — 143 cópias
Tales from Nowhere (2006) — Contribuinte — 126 cópias
Dr. J: The Autobiography (2013) 57 cópias
The Best American Sports Writing 2010 (2010) — Contribuinte — 43 cópias
The Paris Review 192 2010 Spring (2010) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Time Magazine 2010.12.06 (2010) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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A journalist retells the story of the SARS outbreak in 2003. The book describes the banality of the factors that lead to spread, that block information sharing, that shape the background causes for future outbreaks and the lucky breaks that send it all away temporarily.

Perhaps a bit hard to separate some of the critiques of the Chinese gov from what would be the case in any government managing of difficult situations such as an outbreak. But also interesting that there are big limits on what the gov can do - it seems it can’t afford to indefinitely ban consumption of illegal wild animals. Eating culture is tougher then public health.

Very well written, with lots of empathy for actors in difficult situations.
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yates9 | outras 3 resenhas | Feb 28, 2024 |
Triburbia is a series of vignettes into the different and varied homes in TriBeCa. The story is told from the view points of husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, daughters and nannies. I enjoyed that the POV changed with each chapter and it wasn't a rehashing of previous events. Every story revolves around the community and the how the place influences the characters.
 
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christyco125 | outras 10 resenhas | Jul 4, 2022 |
More Troubling Prescient Each Year

Greenfeld's satirical, often cynical, novel imagines what might become of the U.S. if the most rabid proponents of unfettered capitalism have their way. Needless to say, for the vast majority of people, even, ironically, the handful of beneficiaries, the endgame is quite ugly: massive poverty, perpetual uncertainty and fear, a complete distortion of institutions and values, and a devastated environment. Yet, in the midst of the dystopian suffering and chaos, Greenfeld finds humor because, let's face it, we can laugh at our own stupidity, as long as it is a good long arms distant.

In the not too far off future, the one-percent have gotten their way. They control all the resources, which they exploit ruthlessly. Government, services outsourced and officials reduced to vassals, kowtows to the elites' demands. Religion functions as cheerleading flimflam. The former middle-class roams the land in search of pennies, worse off than serfs of old as they and their families have become rootless wanders. And the world both floods on the coasts and sizzles in the center, an endless wasteland of ravagement.

The novel follows the lives of three families, a mysterious motorcycle-riding woman, an ersatz preacher, and a pair of self-righteous capitalists. Jeb, Bailey, and children Tom and Vanessa, stand-ins for the middle-class, want to live decently, instead of as they do in hastily organized and as quickly rousted Ryanvilles (Paul, perhaps?). Arthur, Gemma, and daughters Ginny and Fanny, once enjoyed the lifestyle of the elite, until Arthur was exposed as a fraudulent charlatan, costing his family everything (but also revealing to them, minus Arthur, what counts in life). Richie, ex Anya, children Ronin and Jinx, are a mix of the cynical (husband), new age (wife), and neglected (children). Rounding out the cast are Pastor Roger, embodying everything most people dislike about shallow televangelists, and the Pepper sisters (Koch brothers in drag?), major capitalists who might just believe in everything they have done. And the star of the novel, the one woman who unites a community, who leads a revolution of sorts against the system, and who proves to be something more than earthbound, a mystic with some extraordinary powers that manifest in the final pages of the novel. All converge on a resurrected community in the Nevada desert as the Pepper sisters prepare to launch fracking to a whole new level of despoilment.

Surprisingly, though it might strike you as sounding a bit cartoonish, Greenfeld's a skillful enough writer to make most of the tale compelling. Categorize this one under "best watch what you wish for.”
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write-review | outras 5 resenhas | Nov 4, 2021 |
More Troubling Prescient Each Year

Greenfeld's satirical, often cynical, novel imagines what might become of the U.S. if the most rabid proponents of unfettered capitalism have their way. Needless to say, for the vast majority of people, even, ironically, the handful of beneficiaries, the endgame is quite ugly: massive poverty, perpetual uncertainty and fear, a complete distortion of institutions and values, and a devastated environment. Yet, in the midst of the dystopian suffering and chaos, Greenfeld finds humor because, let's face it, we can laugh at our own stupidity, as long as it is a good long arms distant.

In the not too far off future, the one-percent have gotten their way. They control all the resources, which they exploit ruthlessly. Government, services outsourced and officials reduced to vassals, kowtows to the elites' demands. Religion functions as cheerleading flimflam. The former middle-class roams the land in search of pennies, worse off than serfs of old as they and their families have become rootless wanders. And the world both floods on the coasts and sizzles in the center, an endless wasteland of ravagement.

The novel follows the lives of three families, a mysterious motorcycle-riding woman, an ersatz preacher, and a pair of self-righteous capitalists. Jeb, Bailey, and children Tom and Vanessa, stand-ins for the middle-class, want to live decently, instead of as they do in hastily organized and as quickly rousted Ryanvilles (Paul, perhaps?). Arthur, Gemma, and daughters Ginny and Fanny, once enjoyed the lifestyle of the elite, until Arthur was exposed as a fraudulent charlatan, costing his family everything (but also revealing to them, minus Arthur, what counts in life). Richie, ex Anya, children Ronin and Jinx, are a mix of the cynical (husband), new age (wife), and neglected (children). Rounding out the cast are Pastor Roger, embodying everything most people dislike about shallow televangelists, and the Pepper sisters (Koch brothers in drag?), major capitalists who might just believe in everything they have done. And the star of the novel, the one woman who unites a community, who leads a revolution of sorts against the system, and who proves to be something more than earthbound, a mystic with some extraordinary powers that manifest in the final pages of the novel. All converge on a resurrected community in the Nevada desert as the Pepper sisters prepare to launch fracking to a whole new level of despoilment.

Surprisingly, though it might strike you as sounding a bit cartoonish, Greenfeld's a skillful enough writer to make most of the tale compelling. Categorize this one under "best watch what you wish for.”
… (mais)
 
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write-review | outras 5 resenhas | Nov 4, 2021 |

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