Karaoke Culture

Dubravka Ugresic, David Williams, Ellen Elias-Bursac , Celia Hawkesworth

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Open Letter
27 October 2011

Biography; Biography: general

Finalist for the NBCC award for Criticism.

""Ugresic is sharp, funny and unafraid. . . . Orwell would approve.""-Times Literary Supplement

Over the past three decades, Dubravka Ugresic has established herself as one of Europe""s greatest-and most entertaining-thinkers and creators, and it's in her essays that Ugresic is at her sharpest. With laser focus, she pierces our pop culture, dissecting the absurdity of daily life with a wit and style that's all her own.

Whether it's commentary on jaded youth, the ways technology has made us soft in the head, or how wrestling a hotel minibar into a bathtub is the best way to stick it to The Man, Ugresic writes with unmatched honesty and panache. Karaoke Culture is full of candid, personal, and opinionated accounts of topics ranging from the baffling worldwide-pop-culture phenomena to the detriments of conformist nationalism. Sarcastic, biting, and, at times, even heartbreaking, this new collection of essays fully captures the outspoken brilliance of Ugresic's insights into our modern world's culture and conformism, the many ways in which it is ridiculous, and how (deep, deep down) we are all true suckers for it.

Dubravka Ugresic is the author of several works of fiction and several essay collections, including the NBCC award finalist, Karaoke Culture. She went into exile from Croatia after being label a ""witch"" for her anti-nationalistic stance during the Yugoslav war. She now resides in the Netherlands.

David Williams did his doctoral research on the post-Yugoslav writings of Dubravka Ugresic and the idea of a ""literature of the Eastern European ruins."" He is the author of Writing Postcommunism.

By: Dubravka Ugresic
Contributions by: Ellen Elias-Bursac, Celia Hawkesworth
Translated by: David Williams
Imprint: Open Letter
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781934824573
ISBN 10: 1934824577
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 27 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dubravka Ugresic is the author of several works of fiction and several essay collections, including the NBCC award finalist, Karaoke Culture. She went into exile from Croatia after being label a witch for her anti-nationalistic stance during the Yugoslav war. She now resides in the Netherlands. David Williams did his doctoral research on the post-Yugoslav writings of Dubravka Ugresic and the idea of a literature of the Eastern European ruins. He is the author of Writing Postcommunism.

Reviews for Karaoke Culture

Ugresic never commits a sloppy thought or a turgid sentence. Under her gaze, the tiredest topics of the tired continent (migration, multiculturalism, new Europe ) spring to life. Â The Independent (UK) Dubravka Ugresic is the philosopher of evil and exile, and the story-teller of many shattered lives the wars in the former Yugoslavia produced. Â Charles Simic