{"product_id":"the-life-of-the-mind-paperback","title":"The Life of the Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Smallwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Electric Lit, Thrillist, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e - A witty, intelligent novel of an American woman on the edge, by a brilliant new voice in fiction--\"the glorious love child of Ottessa Moshfegh and Sally Rooney\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] jewel of a debut . . . abundantly satisfying.\"--Jia Tolentino, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an adjunct professor of English in New York City with little hope of finding a permanent position, Dorothy feels \"like a janitor in the temple who continued to sweep because she had nowhere else to be but who had lost her belief in the essential sanctity of the enterprise.\" No one but her boyfriend knows that she's just had a miscarriage--not her mother, her best friend, or her therapists (Dorothy has two of them). She wasn't even sure she wanted to be a mother. So why does Dorothy feel like a failure? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about endings--of youth, of ambition, of possibility, but also of the meaning that an inquiring mind can find in the mess of daily experience. Mordant and remorselessly wise, this jewel of a debut cuts incisively into life as we live it, and how we think of it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Smallwood\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, n+1, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e. Her reviews, essays, and cultural reporting have been published in many magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Bookforum, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, where she is a contributing writer. She has also written the \"New Books\" column for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, where she is a contributing editor, and been an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a PhD in English from Columbia University, is a founding faculty member of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, and is a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.95 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766408708384,"sku":"9780593229910","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1188fedd9d943b9affdc8aec131730d6.webp?v=1780292129","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-life-of-the-mind-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}