E-raamat: Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider

A profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world It is an exceptionally rare book Ai Weiwei



In this dazzling and brilliant book, Michiko Kakutani explains the cascading chaos of our era and points to ways that we can regain some stability Walter Isaacson



'Kakutani's breathtaking saga is a masterclass through six centuries of world history' Laurence H. Tribe



'[ A] deeply researched book Useful lines to remember in this year of political choices' Tim Adams, The Guardian, Book of the Day



In this story, history and hope must keep on coming, however huge the catastrophe strangely haunting Lyndsey Stonebridge, New Statesman



Michiko Kakutani has somehow synthesized all the pain, promise and hope of our wild and dangerous times into a slim but potent volume full of elegant thought and perfectly worded analysis Gary Shteyngart



'If you want to know how we got here, The Great Wave is indispensable' Joseph Ellis



'A wise, lucid, beautifully researched and exquisitely written book that will explain it all to you in an effortless and buoyant piece of writing' Andre Bishop



'Michiko Kakutani is not only an invaluable literary denizen, but also a brilliant observer of how politics and culture disrupt the mechanics of power and influence' ELLE, Best Nonfiction Books of 2024



'Kakutani contextualizes todays crisesfrom rampant populism to rising instability to environmental destructionin the broad sweep of world history and points to ways to move past this era' Foreign Policy Magazine



'Kakutani may no longer be the New York Times' most-feared book critic, but a critic she remains. She brings effortless erudition a confident and compelling writer' Minneapolis Star Tribune