{"product_id":"any-person-is-the-only-self-essays","title":"Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays","description":"Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of The Unreality of Memory.\n\nWho are we when we read? When we journal? Are we more ourselves alone or with friends? Right now or in memory? How does time transform us and the art we love?\n\nIn sixteen dazzling, expansive essays, the acclaimed essayist and poet Elisa Gabbert explores a life lived alongside books of all kinds: dog-eared and destroyed, cherished and discarded, classic and clichėd, familiar and profoundly new. She turns her witty, searching mind to the writers she admires, from Plath to Proust, and the themes that bind them―chance, freedom, envy, ambition, nostalgia, and happiness. She takes us to the strange edges of art and culture, from hair metal to surf movies to party fiction. Any Person Is the Only Self is a love letter to literature and to life, inviting us to think alongside one of our most thrilling and versatile critics.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374605890\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0374605890.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gabbert, Elisa\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41720485871674,"sku":"DBV.0374605890.G","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374605890-0.jpg?v=1791088144","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/any-person-is-the-only-self-essays","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}