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''Do I wish to keep up with the times? No. My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can''

The great American poet, novelist and environmental activist argues for a life lived slowly.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 22 February 2018
      ISBN-13 9780241337561
      978-0241337561
      ISBN-10 0241337569
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Do I wish to keep up with the times? No. My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can''

      The great American poet, novelist and environmental activist argues for a life lived slowly.

      Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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