Working

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

Studs Terkel2011
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
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Keven Wang@kevenwang
5 stars
Feb 4, 2023

In the beginning. I did not appreciate the genius of this book. I thought it was outdated since it was written in the 1970s. I gave it another chance. Wow, there are some interesting insights from a lot of the industries. It is cool to see how it evolves over the years. Sometimes I wonder what are the interviewee doing in 2021?

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Sophie Gatchell@sophie_isms
2 stars
Sep 7, 2023
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Elaine Wherry@proofedpudding
4 stars
Aug 7, 2023
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Caitlin Bohannon@waitingforoctober
5 stars
Jan 5, 2023

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