Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons and Hide-Outs Humor this country's best selling poet"

this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner

Aime Cesaire's masterpiece

killed thousands - including Aria's mother

embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum

From the author of Orientalism

Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons and Hide-Outs Humor this country's best selling poet"For the first time in the history of humankind, more people live in cities than in the country. Yet, at the same time, more and more city dwellers are yearning for rural farms, mountain cabins, or seaside homes. These kinds of refuges offer modern men and women a promise of what urban centers usually cannot provide: quiet, relaxation, being out of reach, getting back to basics, feeling human again. Rock the Shack is a survey of such contemporary