{"product_id":"trick-mirror-reflections-on-self-delusion-paperback","title":"Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion - 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\u003eJia Tolentino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"From \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.\"\u003ci\u003e--Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Club Pick for Now Read This, from \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\"A whip-smart, challenging book.\"--Zadie Smith - \"Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time.\"\u003ci\u003e--Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND \u003ci\u003eHARVARD CRIMSON \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e - NPR - \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBookRiot \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now, in this dazzling collection of 9 entirely original essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. Gleaming with Tolentino's sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty, \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJia Tolentino\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Raised in Texas, she studied at the University of Virginia before serving in Kyrgyzstan in the Peace Corps and receiving her MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. She was a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Hairpin\u003c\/i\u003e and the deputy editor at \u003ci\u003eJezebel, \u003c\/i\u003e and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, Grantland, Pitchfork, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984043475245,"sku":"9780525510567","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/L3R3UXRWemMyeFJwcE9NRUlDN0YrUT09.webp?v=1776081573","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/trick-mirror-reflections-on-self-delusion-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}