{"product_id":"300-arguments-paperback","title":"300 Arguments - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jam-packed with insights you'll want to both text to your friends and tattoo on your skin....A sweeping view of a human mind trying to make order of the world around us.\"--Celeste Ng, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere will come a time when people decide you've had enough of your grief, and they'll try to take it away from you. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBad art is from no one to no one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAm I happy? Damned if I know, but give me a few minutes and I'll tell you whether you are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThank heaven I don't have my friends' problems. But sometimes I notice an expression on one of their faces that I recognize as secret gratitude. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI read sad stories to inoculate myself against grief. I watch action movies to identify with the quick-witted heroes. Both the same fantasy: I'll escape the worst of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from \u003ci\u003e300 Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \"Proustian minimalist on the order of Lydia Davis\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), Sarah Manguso is one of the finest literary artists at work today. To read her work is to witness acrobatic acts of compression in the service of extraordinary psychological and spiritual insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e300 Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e, a foray into the frontier of contemporary nonfiction writing, is at first glance a group of unrelated aphorisms. But, as in the work of David Markson, the pieces reveal themselves as a masterful arrangement that steadily gathers power. Manguso's arguments about desire, ambition, relationships, and failure are pithy, unsentimental, and defiant, and they add up to an unexpected and renegade wisdom literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Manguso\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three memoirs, \u003ci\u003eOngoingness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Kinds of Decay\u003c\/i\u003e; a story collection; and two poetry collections. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.1 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184489611513,"sku":"9781555977641","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UzZibitVbzVOeUxLRC9MaGEzczRldz09.webp?v=1767794549","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/300-arguments-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}