{"product_id":"9781628924732","title":"Hotel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eObject Lessons\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHotel\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoanna Walsh | Ian Bogost | Christopher Schaberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a  job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed  as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymity, privacy…hotels  are where our desires go on holiday, but also places where our desires  are shaped by the hard realities of the marketplace. Part memoir and  part meditation, this book visits a series of rooms, suites, hallways,  and lobbies-the spaces and things that make up these modern sites of  gathering and alienation, hotels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoanna Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer based in England. Her work has been published by \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDalkey\u003c\/i\u003e (Best European Fiction 2015), \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e (Best British Short Stories 2014 and 2015), \u003ci\u003eTate\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Her books include \u003ci\u003eFractals\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e (The Dorothy Project, 2015). She reviews for\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe National\u003c\/i\u003e (UAE). She is fiction editor at \u003ci\u003e3:AM Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and runs #readwomen, described by the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as “a rallying cry for equal treatment for women writers.” She is also an illustrator.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 September 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781628924732\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515373191308,"sku":"9781628924732","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_774559ea-8eca-4041-8ce3-1d633168cf92.jpg?v=1784693136","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781628924732","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}