- Evasion (book)
Infobox Book |
name =Evasion
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption =
author = Nigel Daviscite journal
last = Lang
first = Daniel
year = 2007
month = May
title = "Give Us the Dumpsters -Or- Give Us Life": Res Derilictae and the Trash of Free Trade
journal = Cultural Recycling
volume = 3
issue = 1
publisher = Other Voices
url = http://www.othervoices.org/3.1/dlang/index.php]
illustrator =
cover_artist = PFMAG
country =United States
language =
series = CrimethInc. Letters
subject =freeganism ,unemployment ,crime ,zine ,lifestyle ,memoirs ,travel
genre =Non-fiction
publisher =CrimethInc.
release_date = 2003
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 288 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-9709101-1-8
preceded_by =Off the Map
followed_by =Rusty String Quartet "Evasion" is a book that spun off from a
zine of the same name. It was published byCrimethInc. in 2003. The book is comprised of 108 pages of slightly revised text from the original zine (95% of which is retained) along with 162 pages of new material. [http://www.crimethinc.com/a/evasion/history.html A Brief History of Evasion] byCrimethInc. ] The author is not named in the book, but is referred to elsewhere as "Mac", "the Evasion Kid", or "Mac Evasion." He later wrote a column in thezine "heartattaCk " and has been identified as "Nigel Davis" in one bibliography."Evasion" catalogs the travels and exploits of a straight-edge vegan young man who decided to not get a job or go to school after high school, despite his parents' wishes. Deciding that his life, freedom, and time were too valuable to be wasted working in a job he would despise, to build profits for a company, he stepped outside of the confines of a traditional role in society.
Themes
Hitching rides, hopping trains, dumpster diving,
squatting ,shoplifting , contriving receipt scams, the narrator defines for himself what life should be about. The lack of oversight and security ofbig business play a paramount role in his quest to never ever work again.Publication history
"Evasion"'s history is described in the afterword of the book itself:
Copyright status
The book is licensed under the following idiosyncratic terms: "Excluding all corporations, the text from this book may be reproduced without permission in any form and quantity, by any means necessary."
References
External links
* [http://www.crimethinc.com/a/evasion/ "Evasion"] at [http://www.crimethinc.com CrimethInc.com]
* [http://scavengeuk.mine.nu/evasion/evasion.html Evasion eBook Online for free (PDF)]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060208135438/http://www.rootsofcompassion.org/beta/zine/people/evasion.shtml "an interview with the author of evasion"] by Ricky Powell. Comprehensive interview.
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