{"product_id":"capital-of-the-world-rob-kovitz-9781927923054","title":"Capital of the World","description":"\u003ci\u003eRobert Macaire, discount broker: \"Here are my conditions.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Honoré Daumier, \u003ci\u003eLe Charivari, \u003c\/i\u003e 27 September 1836\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Baudrillard once suggested an important correction to classical Marxism: exchange value is not, as Marx had it, a distortion of a commodity's underlying use value; use value, instead, is a fiction created by exchange value.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003en+1 Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e Death by Degrees\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHe had ferreted so much, collected so many clues, that he could have prophesied how the new neighbourhoods would look in 1870. Sometimes, in the street, he would look curiously at certain houses, as if they were acquaintances whose destiny, known to him alone, deeply affected him.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Émile Zola, \u003ci\u003eThe Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Our new Gilded Age looks a lot like the 19th century version, as seen and annotated in Rob Kovitz's \u003ci\u003eCapital of the World, \u003c\/i\u003e with words and images collected and remixed from Émile Zola, Honoré Daumier, Lewis Lapham, Baron Haussmann, Sam Lipsyte, n+1 Magazine, and various others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'You'll see, ' murmured Monsieur Hupel de la Noue, 'that I have perhaps carried poetic licence too far, but I think my boldness has worked. Echo, seeing that Venus has no power over Narcissus, takes him to Plutus, the god of wealth and precious metals. After the temptation of the flesh, the temptation of riches.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'That's very classical, ' replied Monsieur Toutin-Laroche, with an amiable smile. 'You know your period, Monsieur le Préfet.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Émile Zola, \u003ci\u003eThe Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ***\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etreyf, adj. [Yiddish] - not kosher, unclean.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Treyf Books by Rob Kovitz are unusual books of an indeterminate type, sort of story-picture montage-remix books for people who can't stomach any more schmaltzy \u003ci\u003eChicken Soup for the Soul.\u003c\/i\u003e Treyf Books are cooked up using texts and images compiled from various sources, usually obsessively related to one or more themes, and then recombined through a process of highly subjective editing, ordering and juxtaposition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Strange and clever.\" - Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Funny, but deep.\" - Umbrella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Is this a new form of discourse in step with its multivalent, chaotic times, or just an excuse for intellectual laziness? Only the author knows for sure.\" - Canadian Architect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Kovitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927923050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927923054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Treyf Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Rob Kovitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437150253311,"sku":"9781927923054","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_523e54af-587f-44d4-97e7-f481edddf101.jpg?v=1777160207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capital-of-the-world-rob-kovitz-9781927923054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}