Spams sind die klanglosen Echos der Konsumkultur; eine absurde Mutation menschlicher Kommunikation im World Wide Web. Fuuml;r Mario Monti; der eines Tages ohne Erinnerung auf Malta erwacht; ist das Netz eine der ersten Quellen auf der Suche nach seiner Identitauml;t. Er ist nicht der gleichnamige italienische Politiker; der im World Wide Web einen enormen virtuellen Fuszlig;abdruck hinterlassen hat; sondern Professor fuuml;r ausgestorbene Sprachen; der einst die Abschlussarbeit einer attraktiven Studentin plagiiert hat. Seitdem Monti auf eine Spam-Mail reagiert hat; mit der ein Mauml;dchen aus Malaysia in kryptischem Google-Uuml;bersetzungsdeutsch fast fuuml;nf Millionen Dollar verschenkte; liegt dieses Geld auf Montis PayPal-Konto. Allerdings will eine malaiische Mafia sich genau dieses Geld wieder holen. Stuuml;ck fuuml;r Stuuml;ck; Szene fuuml;r Szene; deren Reihenfolge per Losverfahren bestimmt werden kann; entwirft Rafael Spregelburd eine Welt des Zerfalls. Die Wirklichkeit; gesehen aus der Perspektive des irrfahrenden Linguistik-Professors; zeigt sich in den Schlaglichtern von Google-Uuml;bersetzungsprogrammen; in Spam-Mails; Botschaften per Skype oder Fernsehdokumentationen uuml;ber degenerierte Puppen aus China. Spregelburd packt seine duuml;stere Zeitdiagnose in einen fulminanten Monolog fuuml;r einen Schauspieler.
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175 of 185 people found the following review helpful. Dita is AT MY HOUSE!!!!!!By reader reader pumpkin eaterI stalked my mailman intensely today. I checked the mail 12 times; but of course it came while picking kids up from school. Upon opening the heavy box; I gasped to discover how HUGE the book was. I hugged it. Hi Dita; welcome to my home. Come see my bedroom; lets be best friends. I left my children to their own devices (cartoons and cereal out of the box) whilst Dita and I shared a moment in my bedroom. While I wanted to skip ahead to chapters 7 (Kiss and Makeup) and 13 (Lipstick Traces); I was drawn in by the beautiful photos and bios of lovely people who have also found their own path to beauty. And so I have read it through; cover to cover. Ill probably read it again tomorrow. It was so much more than I had hoped. Im getting to read about my beloved Dita and; as a bonus; getting to discover more about new lovely people. I have always been more in the world of black and white and have collected vintage hats since I discovered them at 12. While I lack the courage to peer at life through a spotted veil; I dream of hot rolled hair and sheer hosiery. With 5 small sons I can muster my MAC Diva Glam each day and some hair serum to slick back those flyaways. With Ditas encouragement to be free to be me I may yet embrace some falsies (eyelashes) and some opera gloves in the carpool line. Love you Dita!!! Ill see you again tomorrow!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed this book and loved all the photos and adviceBy 3girlzn3boyzI enjoyed this book and loved all the photos and advice. I really felt like I had a lovely sit down and a cup of tea with th super glamorous Ms Von Teese. She gives advice as a friend would and isnt afraid to say it like it is. One star off for the oddly placed bits from the coauthor. They seem random and pop up just here and there. While the info is useful; Id often forget who was writing this tidbits and would be confused as to the change in tone from Dita to ?? In fact who was this other person; Ive already forgotten... Nah; Ill add back the star because the book really is chock full of cool photos and fun beauty advice; the random second author also had good advice and I enjoyed the second point of view. But if she were to do it all again; Id recommend going it solo; or being a bit mor collaborative. Its almost as if she asked a friend to help; and the they each write stuff separately and in the end sort of shoved the friends bits in here and there. All that said; I enjoy the book; recommend it; and would love to sit down with Ms Teese for cocktails some evening while discussing cosmetics and having a mani pedi.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Visually StunningBy Miss VioletAbsolutely beautiful book. Visually stunning and its a delight to read Ditaa words!!!What more can I say except there is no possible way anyone could be disapointed with thisbook in any way. How can you not admire a self made; powerful woman like Dita. There arevery few who could have invented themselves as she has. What an inspiration to anyone likemyself who exists outside of the norm of mediocrity.
