Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

A Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: “Magnificent … To read it is to hear America talking. ” —The Boston Globe

A National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller

Studs Terkel’s classic oral history Working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a “brilliant” and enduring portrait of people’s feelings about their working lives. This edition includes a new foreword by New York Times journalist Adam Cohen (Forbes).

“Splendid … Important … Rich and fascinating … The people we meet are not digits in a poll but real people with real names who share their anecdotes, adventures, and aspirations with us. ” —Business Week

“The talk in Working is good talk—earthy, passionate, honest, sometimes tender, sometimes crisp, juicy as reality, seasoned with experience. ” —The Washington Post

© 2011 The New Press (E-bog): 9781595587664

Release date

E-bog: 26. juli 2011