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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed lifestyle. It is also a wake-up call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work, to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection. Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life, we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Suburbia Jeremiad with poor narration
- By Skyler Chaney on 10-28-20
- The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
Well-researched rant
Reviewed: 06-22-23
Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” drawn out into a darkly funny rant about American civic development.
Narrator sounds like a bitter Rod Serling doing an infomercial. It was a strong choice and distracting. But ultimately added to the hilarity. An interesting story.
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