ATTA by Jarett Kobek - ISBN: 9781584351061
Paperback
A disorienting fictionalized portrayal of 9⁄11 mastermind Mohamed Atta and the meaning of madness.
  • Paperback

    200 pages

  • Release Date

    16 August 2011

Summary

A disorienting fictionalized portrayal of 9⁄11 mastermind Mohamed Atta and the meaning of madness.Ours is a century of fear. Governments and mass media bombard us with words and images- desert radicals, “rogue states,” jihadists, WMDs, existential enemies of freedom. We labor beneath myths that neither address nor describe the present situation, monstrous deceptions produced by a sound bite society. There is no reckoning of actuality, no understanding of the individual lives that inaugurated …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781584351061
ISBN-10:1584351063
Author:Jarett Kobek
Publisher:Autonomedia
Imprint:Semiotext
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:200
Release Date:16 August 2011
Weight:204g
Dimensions:178mm x 114mm x 14mm
Series:Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series
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There are plenty of reasons to enjoy and laud this book…

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—Angel City Review

About The Author

Jarett Kobek

Jarett Kobek is the son of a Turkish immigrant and a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. His Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction has been anthologized alongside Haruki Murakami and F. X. Toole. His first novel was commissioned and published by Book Works of London as part of the experimental literature Semina series. He lives in California.

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