An edition of About A Mountain (2010)

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Last edited by Marlen K Waaijer
July 2, 2013 | History
An edition of About A Mountain (2010)

About A Mountain

From “one of the most significant U.S. writers” (David Foster Wallace), an investigation of Yucca Mountain and human destruction in Las Vegas.

When John D’Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal government’s plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a place called Yucca Mountain, a desert range near the city of Las Vegas. Bearing witness to the parade of scientific, cultural, and political facts that give shape to Yucca’s story, D’Agata keeps the six tenets of reporting in mind—Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How—arranging his own investigation around each vital question.

Yet as the contradictions inherent in Yucca’s story are revealed, D’Agata’s investigation turns inevitably personal. He finds himself investigating the death of a teenager who jumps off the tower of the Stratosphere Hotel, a boy whom D’Agata believes he spoke with before his suicide.

Here is the work of a penetrating thinker whose startling portrait of a mountain in the desert compels a reexamination of the future of human life. (W. W. Norton)

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W. W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
236

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2010, W. W. Norton
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Published in
New York

Contributors

Designer
Steve Attardo
Art Director
Rodrigo Corral

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24361637M
ISBN 10
0393068188
ISBN 13
9780393068184
W. W. Norton
12172

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