{"product_id":"the-traces-an-essay-paperback","title":"The Traces: An Essay - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMairead Small Staid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Traces\u003c\/i\u003e is a ranging inquiry into the seductions of memory and travel, the fragile paradox of desire, and the art of making meaning from a life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMairead Small Staid's debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Traces\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of memoir and criticism that explores the nature of happiness in art, literature, and philosophy, structured around a season spent in Italy and a reading of Italo Calvino's \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoised between plummeting depressions, the author considers the intellectual merits of joy and the redeeming promise offered by the beauty, both natural and manmade, that surrounds her. Traveling from Florence to Rome to Capri, \u003ci\u003e The Traces\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the fields of physics, history, architecture, and cartography, spurred by thinkers from Aristotle and Montaigne to Cesare Pavese and Anne Carson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMairead Small Staid is a graduate of the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan and the recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and Phillips Exeter Academy, where she was the Geoge Bennett Fellow. Her essays have appeared in AGNI, The Believer, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766614294816,"sku":"9781646052004","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c6d30cf9f46b42eb8c716bc57ee89446.webp?v=1780295559","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-traces-an-essay-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}