- Work, Business, Nonfiction, Philosophy
In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one’s handsShop Class as Soulcraft brings alive an experience that was once quite ordinary, but now seems to be receding over the cultural horizon—the experience of making and fixing things.
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemplative and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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About the book
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 246
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Distributed by Recorded Books, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781101056516
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