Bibliograph

Yawn, adventures in boredom, Mary Mann

Type

Label

Yawn, adventures in boredom, Mary Mann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Yawn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

960239276

Responsibility statement

Mary Mann

Sub title

adventures in boredom

Summary

"The incisive and often hilarious story of one of our most interesting cultural phenomena: boredom. It's the feeling your grandma told you was only experienced by boring people. Some people say they're dying of it; others claim to have killed because of it. It's a key component of depression, creativity, and sex-toy advertisements. It's boredom, the subject of Yawn, a delightful and at times moving take on the oft-derided emotion and how we deal with it. Deftly wrought from interviews, research, and personal experience, Yawn follows Mary Mann's search through history for the truth about boredom, spanning the globe, introducing a varied cast of characters."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

In a cubicle with the desert fathers -- Spicing it up -- Bored in Baghdad -- Thomas Cook and the stack pirates -- Drunk with Harold Higgins -- A.J. Liebling in a nap pod -- Reading the phone book in an infinitely expanding inflationary sea -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Adventures in boredom

Classification

Creator