Death Drive
€ 26,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781911422501 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Stephen Bayley |
| Editora | Circa Press |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 256 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,690 |
| Data de Publicação | 17/03/2026 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 25,38 |
| Imposto | € 1,52 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 26,90 |
| Disponibilidade | +20 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
Cars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars and car design than in any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness and cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension.
The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and a detailed exploration of the circumstances of 24 celebrity car crashes, from Isadora Duncan in an Amilcar, in 1927, to Helmut Newton in a Cadillac, in 2004. The author concludes by confronting the imminent demise of the car itself.