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Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth: Debt as Metaphor and the Shadow Side of Wealth
Margaret Atwood
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. 240 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 172.
In this wide-ranging history of debt Margaret Atwood investigates its many meanings through the ages, from ancient times to the current global financial meltdown. Many of us wonder: how could we have let such a collapse happen? How old or inevitable is this human pattern of debt? Imaginative, topical and insightful, Payback urges us to reconsider our ideas of ownership and debt - before it is too late.
In this wide-ranging history of debt Margaret Atwood investigates its many meanings through the ages, from ancient times to the current global financial meltdown. Many of us wonder: how could we have let such a collapse happen? How old or inevitable is this human pattern of debt? Imaginative, topical and insightful, Payback urges us to reconsider our ideas of ownership and debt - before it is too late.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747598718
SKU
V9780747598718
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About Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. In addition to the classic The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, and The Blind ... Read more
Reviews for Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth: Debt as Metaphor and the Shadow Side of Wealth
'A fascinating, freewheeling examination of ideas of debt, balance and revenge in history, society and literature - Atwood has again struck upon our most current anxieties' The Times 'A stimulating, learned, and stylish read from an eminent author writing from a heartfelt perspective ... very provocative' Conrad Black 'Could hardly be more timely ... as clear a summary of the ... Read more