{"product_id":"notes-on-the-death-of-culture","title":"Notes On The Death Of Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The most approachable and exhilarating Latin American writer of our times.’ Robert McCrum, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment. From one of the world’s great literary intelligences, \u003ci\u003eNotes on the Death of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is an examination and indictment of this transformation – an impassioned and essential critique of our time, with essays on the disappearance of eroticism, on culture politics and power, and the frivolity and banality of entertainment in Western culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312424427902,"sku":"NW9780571376834","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571376834.jpg?v=1778551270","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/notes-on-the-death-of-culture","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}