Author Charles Yu, Keen Observer of the Human Condition, Discusses His New Book of Fiction
Commonwealth Club (595 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105)
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The last date listed for Author Charles Yu was Thursday July 26, 2012 / 6:00pm.
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Author George Packer Talks About the New America & Why It's in Danger
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George Packer has covered U.S. foreign policy for The New Yorker and has written several books, the most well-known being perhaps The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. Now, in his newest book, entitled The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, Packer argues that seismic economic shifts during just one generation have created a country of winners and losers, leaving the social contract in pieces and setting us all adrift to find new paths forward. See him at the Commonwealth Club as he presents the story of this America over the past 30 years, which he sees as a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer relevant. Learn More
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Description
A big-box store employee is confronted by a zombie during the graveyard shift, a problem that pales in comparison to his inability to ask a co-worker out on a date. A fighter leads his band of virtual warriors, thieves and wizards across a deadly computer-generated landscape. A company outsources grief for profit with the tagline: "Don't feel like having a bad day? Let someone else have it for you." Charles Yu draws from both pop culture and science to transport his readers into an imaginative universe in his latest collection, Sorry Please Thank You: Stories. Join us and hear from this major new voice in American fiction as he discusses his latest foray into the heart of the human condition.
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