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978-1-77212-712-6Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 152
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978-1-77212-720-1Pages: 144
Pages: 144
All the World's a Mall
Wayfarer
By Rinny Gremaud
All the World’s a Mall details a whirlwind world tour in five stops: Edmonton, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, and Casablanca, chosen because they are home to some of the biggest malls on the planet. Cities within cities, these malls are wonderlands where visitors come from afar to: walk, eat, sleep, watch, swim, ride, photograph, and, of course, shop. With a curious, critical, and sometimes ironic eye, Swiss journalist Rinny Gremaud recounts her travels to and through these monstrous spaces of excess, relaying her conversations with patrons, employees, and executives, and contemplating the effects of globalized commerce. Informative and thoughtful, exhilarating and exhausting, jet-lagged and always air conditioned, All the World’s a Mall is a truly memorable, hallucinatory adventure.
Book details
Publication date: September 2023Series: Wayfarer
Keywords: Shopping Centre; Tourism; Megamall; Beijing; Kuala Lumpur; Casablanca; West Edmonton Mall; Ghermezian; Golden Resources; New Yansha Mall; 1 Utama; Dubai Mall; Morocco Mall; Chain Stores; Global Brands; Disney; Architecture; History; Globalization
Subject(s): TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Travel Literature, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Literary Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Auto/biography & Memoir, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Shopping, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Travel writing, Cultural studies, Memoirs, Travel, Urban Studies, Shopping Centre; Tourism; Megamall; Beijing; Kuala Lumpur; Casablanca; West Edmonton Mall; Ghermezian; Golden Resources; New Yansha Mall; 1 Utama; Dubai Mall; Morocco Mall; Chain Stores; Global Brands; Disney; Architecture; History; Globalization, Travel / Globalization / Consumerism
Publisher(s): University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: September 2023Series: Wayfarer
Keywords: Shopping Centre; Tourism; Megamall; Beijing; Kuala Lumpur; Casablanca; West Edmonton Mall; Ghermezian; Golden Resources; New Yansha Mall; 1 Utama; Dubai Mall; Morocco Mall; Chain Stores; Global Brands; Disney; Architecture; History; Globalization
Subject(s): TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Travel Literature, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Literary Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Auto/biography & Memoir, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Shopping, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Travel writing, Cultural studies, Memoirs, Travel, Urban Studies, Shopping Centre; Tourism; Megamall; Beijing; Kuala Lumpur; Casablanca; West Edmonton Mall; Ghermezian; Golden Resources; New Yansha Mall; 1 Utama; Dubai Mall; Morocco Mall; Chain Stores; Global Brands; Disney; Architecture; History; Globalization, Travel / Globalization / Consumerism
Publisher(s): University of Alberta Press
Rinny Gremaud. Rinny Gremaud is a journalist who was born in South Korea and now lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. This is her first book.
Luise von Flotow. Luise von Flotow is a translation studies professor at the University of Ottawa.
"While the apparent goal of the narrative is to learn about the world’s largest malls, Gremaud’s journey is as much about globalization, income inequality, and the author’s own multicultural heritage as it is about shopping." Karen Sternheimer, University of Southern California
"We feel Gremaud’s exhaustion as she crosses yet another time zone, entering another mega-mall where she is unlikely to see the light of day for hours or breathe fresh air. Her observations of her fellow travellers are razor sharp." Jonathan Kaplansky, literary translator
"Any tourist can describe Burmese jungles or the snows of Kilimanjaro. It takes talent to write a travel book about shopping malls....All The World’s A Mall pops and snaps.... All The World’s A Mall is fresh and funny and sad. It is the best thing since free parking." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter, November 18, 2023 [Full review at https://www.blacklocks.ca/book-review-malls-on-earth/]
Edmonton
Vancouver
Beijing
Bangkok
Dubai
Istanbul
Casablanca
Lisbon
Rinny Gremaud. Rinny Gremaud is a journalist who was born in South Korea and now lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. This is her first book.
Luise von Flotow. Luise von Flotow is a translation studies professor at the University of Ottawa.
"While the apparent goal of the narrative is to learn about the world’s largest malls, Gremaud’s journey is as much about globalization, income inequality, and the author’s own multicultural heritage as it is about shopping." Karen Sternheimer, University of Southern California
"We feel Gremaud’s exhaustion as she crosses yet another time zone, entering another mega-mall where she is unlikely to see the light of day for hours or breathe fresh air. Her observations of her fellow travellers are razor sharp." Jonathan Kaplansky, literary translator
"Any tourist can describe Burmese jungles or the snows of Kilimanjaro. It takes talent to write a travel book about shopping malls....All The World’s A Mall pops and snaps.... All The World’s A Mall is fresh and funny and sad. It is the best thing since free parking." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter, November 18, 2023 [Full review at https://www.blacklocks.ca/book-review-malls-on-earth/]
Edmonton
Vancouver
Beijing
Bangkok
Dubai
Istanbul
Casablanca
Lisbon
