An edition of About a mountain (2010)

About a mountain

1st ed.
About a mountain
John D'Agata, John D'Agata
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An edition of About a mountain (2010)

About a mountain

1st ed.

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 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.--From publisher description.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
236

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About a mountain
2010, W.W. Norton
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-236).

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
979.3/13503
Library of Congress
TD898.12.N3 D335 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
236 p. ;
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24488283M
ISBN 10
0393068188
ISBN 13
9780393068184
LCCN
2009039295
OCLC/WorldCat
317919398

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