The Tunnel at the End of the Light: Essays on Movies and Politics

by Jim Shepard

Book Overview

Given that most Americans proudly consider themselves non-political, where do our notions of collective responsibility come from? Which self-deceptions, when considering ourselves as actors on the world stage, do we cling to most tenaciously? Why do we so stubbornly believe, for example, that our country always means well when intervening abroad?

The Tunnel at the End of the Light argues that some of our most persistent and destructive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941040721
• ISBN13: 9781941040720
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.6"