{"product_id":"shape-of-things-to-come-prophecy-and-the-american-voice","title":"Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGreil Marcus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312426422\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA London \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exhilarating and kaleidoscopic investigation of American identity, Greil Marcus traces the nation's fable of self invention from its earliest Puritan beginnings to its successive retellings in the work of diverse contemporary artists. Marcus considers the birth of America as a New Jerusalem, a place of promises so vast that they could only be betrayed--and how from that betrayal emerged the nation's prophetic voice, the voice that calls America's citizens to self-judgment. Over the course of our history, Marcus finds that the prophetic voice has sounded less and less in the political realm--where it can be heard in the words of John Winthrop, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr.--and more in the work of individual artists, including Philip Roth, David Lynch, Sinclair Lewis, John Dos Passos, David Thomas of Pere Ubu, Allen Ginsberg, the band Heavens to Betsy, Bill Pullman, and Sheryl Lee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Things to Come, \u003c\/i\u003e the past and the present merge in the most extraordinary and surprising ways. Greil Marcus presents a stirring, and frightening, portrait of our country, our ideals, and ourselves.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice | Greil Marcus | Paperback | 9780312426422 | Used: Like New | American History 1716683","offer_id":48432848699544,"sku":"1716683","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81nBcqx_whL.jpg?v=1773354434","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/shape-of-things-to-come-prophecy-and-the-american-voice","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}