{"product_id":"philosophical-toys-paperback-1","title":"Philosophical Toys - 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\u003eSusana Medina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina, a drifter from southern Spain, comes to London in search of experience, only to find that the strangest of stories is hiding in her father's loft in Almeríiacute;a...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA playfully concocted, fast-paced novel committed to the irresistible pleasure of reading, both a celebration and a critique of our relationship to objects (from fetishes, to curios, to commodities, to objectum sexuality, to our becoming cyborgs through our addiction to technology), \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Toys\u003c\/em\u003e travels through different times, countries and experiences as chance leads Nina to encounter time and again the enigmatic nature of things, which end up transforming her into that most rare of species: a female philosopher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty and elegiac, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Toys\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a tour of fetishism, late capitalist culture, Buñntilde;uel's films, psychoanalysis, Alzheimer's disease, as well as the avatars of belonging to two cultures, an experience increasingly shared by a myriad of expatriates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusana Medina\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Toys\u003c\/i\u003e, the offspring of which are the short films\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuñuel's Philosophical Toys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeather-bound Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (co-directed with Derek Ogbourne); \u003ci\u003eRed\u003cbr\u003eTales\u003c\/i\u003e (bilingual ed. co-translated with Rosie Marteau); \u003ci\u003eSouvenirs del Accidente\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRebel Rebel: An Emergency Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e (co-written with Roc Sandford). Her work has appeared in numerous\u003cbr\u003epublications and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest European Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e2014 \u003c\/i\u003e(Dalkey Archive Press). She\u003cbr\u003ehas been awarded the Max Aub Short Story International Prize and an ACE Writing Grant for\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpinning Days of Night\u003c\/i\u003e. Medina has collaborated extensively with artists, exhibited at Tate Modern and is a climate activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265459831033,"sku":"9781628975727","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/u0rjrYToej9781628975727_5ce85887-a300-4fb1-8dd8-c7719617f6be.webp?v=1768843272","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/philosophical-toys-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}