Cover of All the World's a Mall by Rinny Gremaud. Each word of the title appears on a cloud graphic; the background is escalators which lead up to each cloud.

All the World’s a Mall

by Rinny Gremaud

University of Alberta Press

2023

Non-Fiction: Essays, History, Sociology, Travel

CDN: $24.99

9781772127126

All the World’s a Mall details a whirlwind world tour in five stops: Edmonton, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, and Casablanca, chosen because they are home to some of the biggest malls on the planet. Cities within cities, these malls are wonderlands where visitors come from afar to: walk, eat, sleep, watch, swim, ride, photograph, and, of course, shop. With a curious, critical, and sometimes ironic eye, Swiss journalist Rinny Gremaud recounts her travels to and through these spaces of excess, relaying her conversations with patrons, employees, and executives and contemplating the effects of globalized commerce. Informative and thoughtful, exhilarating and exhausting, All the World’s a Mall is a truly memorable, hallucinatory adventure.

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