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Our latest Age of Excess is
over. It’s the end of the world as we’ve known
it -- but it isn’t the end of the world. In fact,
the economic meltdown is actually a moment of huge opportunity
to get back on track.
Ever since its founding, America
has repeatedly shifted between wild, exuberant speculation
and steady, sober hard work, as well as back and forth
between economic booms and busts, and between right and
left politically. Today is one of the rare moments, which
happens only once or twice a century, when these cycles
shift dramatically and simultaneously – when complacency
ends, ossified structures loosen up, and positive change
is possible. It's time once again for a cleansing, clarifying
great American reset.
The
shock to the system can enable each of us to rethink engrained
habits and focus more on the things that make us authentically
happy. The resulting national flux can enable us as to
consolidate the enormous gains of the last couple of decades,
as we embrace a revival of realism and pragmatism at home
and abroad. This new era of post-party-line common sense
won't last forever, so now is the time to reinvent hopelessly
broken systems, and rediscover some of the old-fashioned
American values and traditions of which we’ve lost
sight.
Read the RESET BLOG on Time.com
"In this provocative and insightful book
Kurt Andersen has given us a blueprint for what can be a
new way of seeing America as a land of opportunity and sound
values."
-- Tom Brokaw
ONE OF THE 10 BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE READ IN 2009
--AdAge magazine
ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
--Heeb magazine
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ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS
OF 2007
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Science Monitor (top
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Winner Langum
Prize for the best American historical novel of the
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REVIEWS
- Los Angeles Times: "Utterly
believable. Characters that are vivid and convincing. A
major historical work of lore and wisdom, irony and humor — the
kind of historical novel that has always been the most
satisfying to read."
- Baltimore Sun: "Simply
stellar. A tour de force. Andersen gets it all just right.
Captivating and thoroughly engaging story with a quintet
of compelling characters and an epic resonance."
- New York Times Book Review: "Teeming
with extravagantly vivid characters. There is something
moving, a stirring spirit, in the energy of its amazement."
- Chicago Sun-Times: "Exhilarating. Heyday explores
previously uncharted territory. Deserves instant acceptance
into the ranks of Doctorow's Ragtime and Vidal's Lincoln."
- New York: "A swift,
rich, thrilling voyage, an adventure of the highest order."
- Vanity Fair: "Manic
energy and a wicked sense of humor. Enthralling. A joyful,
wild gallop through a joyful, wild time to be an American. "
- Entertainment Weekly: "Like
a long-lost literary treasure. If its ripping plot twists
don’t hook you, then you’re bound to be snared
by the scads of riveting historical details. It’ll
be just as enjoyable in 150 years as it is today. Grade:
A" (more)
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