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Unwinding
George Packer · 2013 · 656 pages
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About the book
George Packer offers an intimate, non-linear portrait of contemporary America by following the lives of nine real people from different backgrounds over the decades. Through their intertwined trajectories, Packer traces how the nation transformed from a country with shared aspirational ceilings into a fragmented landscape of inequality, isolation, and a desperate search for meaning.
With agile prose and penetrating empathy, the book examines the cultural, economic, and political forces that shaped modern American life, functioning simultaneously as an engaging narrative, sociological analysis, and meditation on national cohesion and disintegration.
Book details
| Author | George Packer |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Unwinding |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Pages | 656 |
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