Working Audiobook

" One cannot eat, drink, or make love for eight hours a day but one CAN work for eight hours a day. This book unfolds page after page of uninhibited articulations of real experiences by people surviving the humiliations and scars in their workplaces. Studs delivers the message that we all search for daily meaning and recognition. Previewed with a brief description of the characters, their monologues are simply uncanny. i felt the passion and the authenticity of the various woes and concerns within the workplaces. i am quite sure that most people can lock in at least one character of whom they relate to. "

" So good; this should be mandatory reading for every high school kid. These (often powerful) vignettes will help you see your fellow human in a completely different light. You may even begin to rethink your own path. "

" A rather profound book about people and their working lives. Drudgery, ulcers and feeling trapped in a job, vs. doing what you're good at, dignity, sense of purpose, and income. The verbatim transcripts of interviews with over a hundred people are surprisingly powerful, taken together. "

" Great, direct, on target. "

" Stunning. I have never read a book with so much plainspoken truth, delivered by people from a staggering variety of vocations. I am completely in awe of Terkel's skills as an interviewer. "

" i love oral histories... "

" Really good. I never thought about a down side to taxi driving would be breathing traffic fumes. There were all kinds of people working all kinds of jobs, which made me more knowledgeable and understanding of different professions. "

" This book is an invaluable tool for writers, because it gives us the opportunity to step into the life of other people and read (in their own words) about how their work determines their mindset, the way they express themselves, the way they are. "

" I wanted to write a book just like this until I found out it had already been done. I have always been very curious about peoples' occupations: what exactly they do, how do they get paid, do they enjoy it, etc. This book is very interesting to someone like myself. It is quite a bit dated. "

" amazing book. I have read it at least three times, every time a different interview sticks with me. a must read! "

" This is a really great book for writers to read. It gives a prime example of characters which can lead to developing your own character sketches. :) "

" A classic. Really should not be missed. "

" it took me nearly 5 years to read this book and i enjoyed every bit of it. "

" every now and again i hear somebody referred to as a modern-day studs terkel. and i have to clench my teeth to contain my distaste for the notion that ANYBODY out there is doing work this freaking good (yes, including david barsamian). "

" Interview snapshots of a kaleidescope of job-holders--how they got those jobs, what their lifestyles are, when and why they hope to move on, and also comments on the times in which they lived throughout the 20th century. "

" everyone should read this book "

" This might be outdated reading by now, but I enjoyed the straightforward talk about what it's like to work in various jobs. It was especially enlightening because I read this while still in middle school and long before I started working myself. "

" Read in my early 20s to learn about work. "

" Excellent panorama of life at every level revealed through Studs Terkel's unparalleled powers of inquiry; a good gut check if you ever thought your life was tough! "

" Every interview is interesting, but the Copy Boy chapter is by far the best. If you can't read the entire book, at least read that one because it's the best. "

" i like examples "

" It is a a slow read. Because it takes time to digest so many lives and so many distilled thoughts on the nature of work. It helped me a lot in thinking about what kind of work I would like to do. "

" A great book. A real timepiece. A look at the human condition, the spirit and the nature of work. "

" Not necessarily a book to read cover-to-cover. Provides great insights into other people's experiences so rarely revealed - but the reading is best when it probes the worlds of others that one secretly covets. "

" Positively fascinating. I read this in the seventh grade (when I was actually smarter than I am now...) and go back to it often. "