5/26/2023 0 Comments Book the ninetiesThe result is a multidimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis so smart and delightful that future historians might well refer to this entire period as Klostermanian. In The Nineties, Klosterman dissects the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the pre-9/11 politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan, and (almost) everything else. Happily, Chuck Klosterman is more than up to the job. The '90s brought about a revolution in the human condition, and a shift in consciousness, that we’re still struggling to understand. It was the last era with a real mainstream to either identify with or oppose. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Landlines fell to cell phones, the internet exploded, and pop culture accelerated without the aid of technology that remembered everything. Kip Norvald, whose father is in prison and whose mother is no longer in his life, has just arrived to live with his grandmother and attend his last year of high school. The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman, Hardcover Barnes & Noble An instant New York Times bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of But What if We’re Wrong, a wise and funny reckoning Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell, and the Twin Towers collapsed.
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