Brutalism Local Interest from the snow-capped peaks of

from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert

When the skies open up and the water starts to rise

why Stalin's cook taught Gorbachev's cook to sing to his dough

or whether a godlike entity is showing him the true nature of the world

Brutalism Local Interest from the snow-capped peaks ofTitle: Brutalism Author: Achille Mbembe ISBN: 9781478025580 Publisher: Duke University Press Books Published: 2024 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: In Brutalism, eminent social and critical theorist Achille Mbembe invokes the architectural aesthetic of brutalism to describe our moment, caught up in the pathos of demolition and production on a planetary scale. Just as brutalist