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Any person is the only self : essays /

Contagiously curious essays on reading, art and the life of the mind from the acclaimed author of The Unreality of Memory.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gabbert, Elisa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : FSG Originals / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2024].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Books and reading.
Art.
Table of Contents:
  • On recently returned books
  • The stupid classics book club
  • Weird time in Frankenstein
  • Party lit
  • Proust and the joy of suffering
  • On jealousy
  • The intolerable, I guess
  • Against completism
  • Second selves
  • A complicating energy
  • Infinite abundance on a narrow ledge
  • Insane places
  • The uncanny child
  • Somethingness (or, why write?)
  • Nostalgia for a less innocent time
  • Same river, same man
  • Selected bibliography
  • Acknowledgments.