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The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani is a fable-style narrative that offers a profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world. It is an exceptionally rare book, marked by its deep, sincere, and precise comprehension and portrayal of history and reality. This work, with great wisdom, sheds light on the formidable challenges that humanity faces in the third millennium. What distinguishes this crisis from previous ones is its origin in the realms of science, politics, and outdated systems, with irreconcilable characteristics and the potential to be the ultimate crisis for humankind. It may well be a pivotal turning point, ushering in an era that no longer requires wisdom. The Great Wave is a truly unique book that captivates readers with its vivid and skillful prose. Its content is imbued with both passion and sagacity.
— Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
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If you’re trying to decide whether the world is going crazy, or you are, Michiko Kakutani's new book should prove uplifting. The Great Wave is a panoramic survey of the various forces pulling us apart, depositing us in isolated camps, replacing coherence with chaos. If you want to know where we're headed, look elsewhere. If you want to know how we got here, The Great Wave is indispensable.
— Joseph Ellis, author of The Cause: the American Revolution and Its Discontents
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If you’re trying to decide whether the world is going crazy or you are, Michiko Kakutani’s new book should prove uplifting. The Great Wave is a panoramic survey of the various forces pulling us apart, depositing us in isolated camps, replacing coherence with chaos. If you want to know where we’re headed, look elsewhere. If you want to know how we got here, The Great Wave is indispensable.—Joseph Ellis, author of The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents
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In this dazzling and brilliant book, Michiko Kakutani provides a sweeping look at the historical and social and technological forces that have crested to create the destructive wave of volatility that is disrupting our times. Drawing lessons from the Middle Ages to the Gilded Age, she explains the cascading chaos of our era and points to ways that we can regain some stability.
— Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk
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If you’re trying to decide whether the world is going crazy or you are, Michiko Kakutani’s new book should prove uplifting. The Great Wave is a panoramic survey of the various forces pulling us apart, depositing us in isolated camps, replacing coherence with chaos. If you want to know where we’re headed, look elsewhere. If you want to know how we got here, The Great Wave is indispensable.
— Joseph Ellis, New York Times bestselling author of The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents
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The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani is a fable-style narrative that offers a profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world. It is an exceptionally rare book, marked by its deep, sincere, and precise comprehension and portrayal of history and reality. This work, with great wisdom, sheds light on the formidable challenges that humanity faces in the third millennium. What distinguishes this crisis from previous ones is its origin in the realms of science, politics, and outdated systems, with irreconcilable characteristics and the potential to be the ultimate crisis for humankind. It may well be a pivotal turning point, ushering in an era that no longer requires wisdom. The Great Wave is a truly unique book that captivates readers with its vivid and skillful prose. Its content is imbued with both passion and sagacity.
— Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
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Michiko Kakutani has somehow synthesized all the pain, promise and hope of our wild and dangerous times into a slim but potent volume full of elegant thought and perfectly worded analysis.
— Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends
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Michiko Kakutani offers a profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world. The Great Wave captivates readers with its vivid and skillful prose, imbued with both passion and sagacity. It is an exceptionally rare book, marked by its deep, sincere, and precise comprehension of the formidable challenges that humanity faces in the third millennium. This may well be a pivotal turning point.
— Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
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Michiko Kakutani has somehow synthesized all the pain, promise, and hope of our wild and dangerous times into a slim but potent volume full of elegant thought and perfectly worded analysis.
— Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends
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If you think about the current state of the world and wonder how we got here, you MUST read this book. Michiko Kakutani has written a wise, lucid, beautifully researched and exquisitely written book that will explain it all to you in an effortless and buoyant piece of writing.
— Andre Bishop, Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater
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If you think about the current state of the world and wonder how we got here, you MUST read this book. Michiko Kakutani has written a wise, lucid, beautifully researched, and exquisitely written book that will explain it all to you in an effortless and buoyant piece of writing.
— André Bishop, producing artistic director, Lincoln Center Theater
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Kakutani has written a prescient and important book about our perilous times, one that is keenly aware of the immediate dangers, the undertow, and where the calm seas are. Brava!
— Ken Burns
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Michiko Kakutani’s breathtaking saga is a master class through six centuries of world history. The reader is drawn in and touched by the reassuring yet mystifying image that echoes George Santayana’s wave, passing through one’s being as a shudder we are privileged to experience as it moves.
— Laurence H. Tribe, professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard University