{"product_id":"on-immunity-an-inoculation-paperback","title":"On Immunity: An Inoculation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEula Biss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOn Immunity\u003c\/i\u003e is a book I've recommended too many times to count--a searching, empathetic, ultimately unassailable argument, not just for vaccination but for thoroughly acknowledging our interdependence, and for all that becomes necessary and possible once we do. Written before COVID, it nonetheless speaks directly to the concerns of the pandemic era--to the fact that we are dangerous as well as vulnerable, to the way collective well-being and individual self-interest are configured at odds to one another when they are fundamentally intertwined.\"--Jia Tolentino\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or ourselves, against the world. As she explores the metaphors surrounding immunity, Biss extends her conversations with other mothers to meditations on the myth of Achilles, Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e, Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Carson's \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Sontag's \u003ci\u003eAIDS and Its Metaphors\u003c\/i\u003e, and beyond. \u003ci\u003eOn Immunity\u003c\/i\u003e is an inoculation against our fear and a moving account of how we are all interconnected-our bodies and our fates.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEula Biss\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Balloonists\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNotes from No Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism and which \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e deemed the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the twenty-first century. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Howard Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in the Chicago area and teaches at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771616624928,"sku":"9781555977207","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aa1bdd30a4083862bc3692c669a84855.webp?v=1780389636","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-immunity-an-inoculation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}