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A regular American square, with a 'self-deprecating Charlie Brown sense of humour', Sarah Vowell never thought herself a sunshine patriot. She learnt existentialism from the Dallas Cowboys, counts Teddy Roosevelt and Bill Clinton among her personal icons and spends her days philosophizing on the erotic allure of Tom Cruise, or obsessing over the Civil War. But in post-9.11 America, with the TV 'full of unity' and a common enemy abroad, Vowell's 'ideal picture of citizenship (as) an argument, not a sing-along' proves a lonely creed. In this engrossing collection of essays, the new yorker scours America's past, and pop culture's closet, and in so doing investigates her own life as 'the partly cloudy patriot'.
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Even though her pieces make us laugh about every fourth line, we feel as if there's something more significant at work....A writer of fierce observational powers who wears her intelligence and wit as comfortably as an old pair of pajamas.
"Entertainment Weekly"Droll, intelligent, and persuasive.
"Hartford Courant"[Vowell's] collection of essays explores patriotism and other aspects of contemporary life from the refreshingly contrarian view of a thoughtfully disaffected, wryly outspoken and deeply passionate citizen.
"San Francisco Chronicle"Even though her pieces make us laugh about every fourth line, we feel as if there's something more significant at work....A writer of fierce observational powers who wears her intelligence and wit as comfortably as an old pair of pajamas.
"Entertainment Weekly" Droll, intelligent, and persuasive.
"San Francisco Chronicle" Even though her pieces make us laugh about every fourth line, we feel as if there's something more significant at work....A writer of fierce observational powers who wears her intelligence and wit as comfortably as an old pair of pajamas.
"Hartford Courant" [Vowell's] collection of essays explores patriotism and other aspects of contemporary life from the refreshingly contrarian view of a thoughtfully disaffected, wryly outspoken and deeply passionate citizen.
Hartford Courant [Vowell's] collection of essays explores patriotism and other aspects of contemporary life from the refreshingly contrarian view of a thoughtfully disaffected, wryly outspoken and deeply passionate citizen.
San Francisco Chronicle Even though her pieces make us laugh about every fourth line, we feel as if there's something more significant at work....A writer of fierce observational powers who wears her intelligence and wit as comfortably as an old pair of pajamas.
Entertainment Weekly Droll, intelligent, and persuasive.
In the title piece of this collection of personal stories, Sarah Vowell addresses her ambivalent relationship to American history and citizenship. Elsewhere, she confronts a wide range of subjects, themes, icons and historical moments: Vietnam and Watergate; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Starbucks and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address; and George W. Bush's inauguration. A book about politics, presidents, pop culture, patriotism and pretty much everything else that matters in the world today, "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" is a refreshing, thought-provoking guide to the crazy heart of America.
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0241142067
- ISBN 13 9780241142066
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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