About this audiobook
“Journalism in Tennessee” by Mark Twain is an honest, ironic and untouchable funny story of the recognized master of American satire, which laughs the aggressive patterns, principle-freeness and “sensationality” of the provincial press of the 19th century. The story begins with the fact that the protagonist, a young journalist, comes to a small town in Tennessee to repair health and calmly work as an assistant editor in the local newspaper "Morning Midnight Interest". Instead of tacitness and retardation, the editor encounters his hurricane of violence: a local editor writes articles with open insults to the competitors, and the insulted readers and insulted characters of the publications constantly go into the cabin with dumbs, revolvers and knives. In just one day the hero has to survive shootings, duels and struggles, realizing that “high journalism” in Tennessee requires not a pen, but excellent combat preparation.Mark Twain with unimaginable humor, grotesque and absurd sarcasm creates a bright parody of newspaper wars. "Journalism in Tennessee" is a classic pattern of American humour, demonstrating how easy pursuit of hype and loud titles turns the work of the press into absolute chaos. ** About what the book in three words:** Satira, Gazettes, Absurd. **Who to read:** To the lovers of fine humor and grotesque, to the fans of classic American satire, to the journalists and to everyone who wants to raise the mood and appreciate how little the methods of creating “growth news” have changed over a century and a half.
