
All the World's a Mall
Rinny Gremaud(Author)
University of Alberta Press (CA)
Published on 22. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-1-77212-712-6 (ISBN)
Description
All the World's a Mall details a whirlwind world tour in five stops: Edmonton, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, and Casablanca, chosen because they are home to some of the biggest malls on the planet. Cities within cities, these malls are wonderlands where visitors come from afar to: walk, eat, sleep, watch, swim, ride, photograph, and, of course, shop. With a curious, critical, and sometimes ironic eye, Swiss journalist Rinny Gremaud recounts her travels to and through these monstrous spaces of excess, relaying her conversations with patrons, employees, and executives, and contemplating the effects of globalized commerce. Informative and thoughtful, exhilarating and exhausting, jet-lagged and always air conditioned, All the World's a Mall is a truly memorable, hallucinatory adventure.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Alberta
Canada
Publishing group
University of Alberta Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77212-712-6 (9781772127126)
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Persons
Rinny Gremaud is a journalist who was born in South Korea and now lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. This is her first book. Luise von Flotow is a translation studies professor at the University of Ottawa.
Content
- Lausanne -
- Edmonton -
- Vancouver -
- Beijing -
- Bangkok -
- Dubai -
- Istanbul -
- Casablanca -
- Lisbon -
- Edmonton -
- Vancouver -
- Beijing -
- Bangkok -
- Dubai -
- Istanbul -
- Casablanca -
- Lisbon -
"[West Edmonton Mall] is like an aging celebrity who knows they are obsolete but who keeps muttering on about the vestiges of their glory."