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288 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393072150
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 11 July 2011
Description
Genre-busting author Maggie Nelson brilliantly navigates this contemporary predicament, with an eye to the question of whether or not focusing on representations of cruelty makes us cruel. In a journey through high and low culture (Kafka to realit...
Community Reviews Summary of 530 reviews
Moods
informative 80%
reflective 78%
dark 57%
inspiring 14%
tense 9%
emotional 8%
funny 6%
hopeful 4%
relaxing 1%
sad 1%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 10%
Average rating
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Torture, Violence, Child abuseModerate
Self harm, Vomit, GoreMinor
Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings
288 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393072150
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 11 July 2011
Description
Genre-busting author Maggie Nelson brilliantly navigates this contemporary predicament, with an eye to the question of whether or not focusing on representations of cruelty makes us cruel. In a journey through high and low culture (Kafka to realit...
Community Reviews Summary of 530 reviews
Moods
informative 80%
reflective 78%
dark 57%
inspiring 14%
tense 9%
emotional 8%
funny 6%
hopeful 4%
relaxing 1%
sad 1%
Pace
medium 43%
fast 10%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Torture, Violence, Child abuseModerate
Self harm, Vomit, GoreMinor
Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings