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THE UNWANTED SOUND OF EVERYTHING WE WANT
By: Garret Keizer
PublicAffairs
May 2010
On Sale: May 4, 2010
385 pages
ISBN: 1586485520
EAN: 9781586485528
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound: loud music from a neighbor, the honk of a taxicab, the roar of a supersonic jet. But as Garret Keizer illustrates in this probing examination, noise is as much about what we want as about what we seek to avoid. It has been a byproduct of human striving since ancient times even as it has become a significant cause of disease in our own. At heart, noise provides a key for understanding some of our most pressing issues, from social inequality to climate change.In a journey that leads us from the Tanzanian veldt to the streets of New York, Keizer deftly explores the political ramifications of noise, America's central role in a loud world, and the environmental sustainability of a quieter one. The result is a deeply satisfying bookone guaranteed to change how we hear the world, and how we measure our own personal volume within it.
 Media BuzzColbert Report - July 6, 2010
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - June 30, 2010
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