Human Flower Project
The Big Sort, The Big Time
Bill Bishop called The Big Sort “three years of work.” The New York Times called it “notable,” as in one of the 100 best books of 2008.
Brave and mind-bending, The Big Sort describes a new segregation that’s taken hold across the U.S. – self-segregation into communities of belief, politics and lifestyle. If none of your friends voted for John McCain (or Barack Obama) it’s because you, too, have sorted and like most Americans live in a bubble of like-minded neighbors. Get your book club to read The Big Sort and then look around the room. Who’s not there? And why?
Here’s Bill in another sort of homogeneous environment – the first elliptical gallery of the Orangerie in Paris, where eight of Claude Monet’s Nympheas (Water lilies) hang. Behind him is “Les Nuages” (The Clouds).
Congratulations and OXXO, Bill!
Author Bill Bishop takes in Monet’s Water Lilies at the Orangerie, Paris, 2006
Photo: Human Flower Project
Comments
WOW!
congratulations Bill!
Great news.
One of the best 100 of 2008!
your like minded friend,
margaret adie
thank you dear and supportive (and smart!) friends. Ann, it was Claudia, our classmate, who first tipped me off about the NYT. Great to be in touch with y’all via the web.
J.
Congratulations!
I’ll ask my book seller friend to look out this book (in this side of the world) for me…
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Ann Lansing