The Portable Veblen is a dazzlingly original novel that’s as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny. Set in and around Palo Alto, amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, and with the specter of our current wars looming across its pages, The Portable Veblen is an unforgettable look at the way we live now. A young couple on the brink of marriage—the charming Veblen and her /5(). An exuberant, one-of-a-kind novel about love and family, war and nature, new money and old values by a brilliant New Yorker contributor. The Portable Veblen is a dazzlingly original novel that's as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny. Set in and around Palo Alto amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, and with the specter of our current wars looming across its words, The . · THE PORTABLE VEBLEN. by Elizabeth McKenzie ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 19, On the brink of her marriage, a charmingly quirky, unassumingly intelligent, and winningly warmhearted young woman forges an unusually strong bond with a squirrel. It’s easy to understand why everyone in Veblen Amundsen-Hovda’s life adores and depends on her.
The economist Thorstein Bunde Veblen, a frequent point of reference (and the main character's namesake) in Elizabeth McKenzie's The Portable Veblen, was born in Wisconsin in Veblen is famous for the concept of "conspicuous consumption," or spending more on things than they are worth to make a show of one's class. The Portable Veblen is a love story as well as a satire or social commentary about the pharmaceutical and medical professions. The writer, Elizabeth McKenzie, is very clever and funny. I wouldn't say I laughed out loud, but I did emit a few little minor guffaws and did enjoy the humor in the book. In titling her novel The Portable Veblen, McKenzie runs the risk that booksellers might shelve it in the wrong section. It sounds like it should be a selection of the writings of Thorstein Veblen.
The Portable Veblen is a dazzlingly original novel that’s as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny. Set in and around Palo Alto, amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, and with the specter of our current wars looming across its pages, The Portable Veblen is an unforgettable look at the way we live now. A young couple on the brink of marriage—the charming Veblen and her fiancé Paul, a brilliant neurologist—find their engagement in danger of collapse. Elizabeth Rosner’s third novel, “Electric City,” was published in by Counterpoint Press. E-mail: books@bltadwin.ru The Portable Veblen. By Elizabeth McKenzie (Penguin; pages; $26). A young couple on the brink of mar. The Portable Veblen is a dazzlingly original novel that’s as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud funny. Set in and around Palo Alto, amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, and with the specter of our current wars looming across its pages, The Portable Veblen is an unforgettable look at the way we live now.
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