Easy Beauty

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''GORGEOUS, VIVIDLY ALIVE'' NEW YORK TIMES''BOLD, HONEST AND SUPERBLY WELL-WRITTEN'' ANDRÉ ACIMAN, AUTHOR OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME''GRACEFUL AND SOUL-BARING'' MELANIE REID, THE TIMES''WHAT A GIFT . . . HAS THE RIGOR AND PRECISION OF JOAN DIDION AND MAGGIE NELSON AND A FORTHRIGHT HUMOR AND NAKED TRUTH ALL OF ITS OWN.'' SARAH RUHL, AUTHOR OF SMILEI am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living.So begins Chloé Cooper Jones''s bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend not only with her own physical pain, but the emotional discomfort of others.It is only when she unexpectedly becomes a mother that she confronts the demand to live life fully, propelling her on a journey across the globe, reclaiming the spaces she''d been denied, and denied herself.From Roman sculptures to a Beyoncé concert, from a tennis tournament to the Cambodian Killing Fields, Jones interrogates the myths of beauty with spiky intelligence, aesthetic philosophy, love and humor, inviting us to find a new way of seeing.

Naše katalógové číslo: 2939327

Originálny názov: Easy Beauty

Počet strán: 288

Väzba: pevná väzba

Rozmer: 223×145 mm

Hmotnosť: 420 g

ISBN: 9780349013824

Dátum vydania: 7. 4. 2022

Jazyk: angličtina

Vydavateľstvo: Virago

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