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Trick Mirror - Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
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Trick Mirror - Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
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A Times book of the year A Guardian book of the year 'Magnificent'
The Times 'Dazzling' New Statesman 'It filled me with hope' Zadie
Smith We are living in the era of the self, in an era of malleable
truth and widespread personal and political delusion. In these nine
interlinked essays, Jia Tolentino, the New Yorker's brightest young
talent, explores her own coming of age in this warped and confusing
landscape. From the rise of the internet to her own appearance on
an early reality TV show; from her experiences of ecstasy - both
religious and chemical - to her uneasy engagement with our
culture's endless drive towards 'self-optimisation'; from the
phenomenon of the successful American scammer to her generation's
obsession with extravagant weddings, Jia Tolentino writes with
style, humour and a fierce clarity about these strangest of times.
Following in the footsteps of American luminaries such as Susan
Sontag, Joan Didion and Rebecca Solnit, yet with a voice and vision
all her own, Jia Tolentino writes with a rare gift for elucidating
nuance and complexity, coupled with a disarming warmth. This debut
collection of essays announces her as exactly the sort of voice we
need to hear from right now - and for many years to come.
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