Intimations : : six Essays
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Peonies -- The American Exception -- Something to Do -- Suffering like Mel Gibson -- Screengrabs : (After Berger, before the virus) -- Intimations.
"Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time Written during the early months of lockdown, Intimations explores ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation. What does it mean to submit to a new reality--or to resist it? How do we compare relative sufferings? What is the relationship between time and work? In our isolation, what do other people mean to us? How do we think about them? What is the ratio of contempt to compassion in a crisis? When an unfamiliar world arrives, what does it reveal about the world that came before it? Suffused with a profound intimacy and tenderness in response to these extraordinary times, Intimations is a slim, suggestive volume with a wide scope, in which Zadie Smith clears a generous space for thought, open enough for each reader to reflect on what has happened--and what should come next"-- Provided by publisher.
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Thoughtful and Profound
submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on August 19, 2020, 6:41am
I couldn't wait to read these essays, written during the lockdown, on how global suffering and the experience of isolation during the pandemic has prompted a reassessment of the world and our role in it.
A light reflection from the Pandemic submitted by timbresson on July 11, 2023, 2:12pm A really quick read reflecting on the COVID pandemic and lockdown. The introspection is worthwhile and is elegantly written, but still conversational.
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New York : Penguin Books, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 97 pages ; 19 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780593297612
SUBJECTS
Quarantine.
Quarantine -- Social aspects.
Social isolation -- Psychological aspects.
COVID-19 (Disease)
Two thousand twenty, A.D.