How to Live. What to Do
In Search of Ourselves in Life and Literature
In Search of Ourselves in Life and Literature
In Search of Ourselves in Life and Literature
By Josh Cohen
By Josh Cohen
By Josh Cohen
By Josh Cohen
By Josh Cohen
Read by Josh D. Cohen
By Josh Cohen
Read by Josh D. Cohen
Category: Literary Criticism | Personal Growth | Psychology
Category: Literary Criticism | Personal Growth | Psychology
Category: Literary Criticism | Personal Growth | Psychology | Audiobooks
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Hardcover $28.00
Oct 26, 2021 | ISBN 9780593316207
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Praise
“So beautiful. I really enjoyed it. A fantastic book.”
—Zadie Smith
“Successful fiction, like successful therapy, Cohen notes, ‘sets a mirror before us, in which we see not only the self we know but the self we don’t.’ Relatability gives way to a more transformative recognition: seeing ourselves as others see us, or seeing ourselves as others, as strangers-and therefore as people whose stories and scripts aren’t as fixed as we thought . . . By the end of this wonderful book, we have learned to read its title not as a prescription but as a set of questions.”
—The Times Literary Supplement
“Cohen makes the case for fiction as a crucial aid to introspection, suggesting that our ability to see ourselves in literary characters runs parallel to the all-important ability to see ourselves.”
—LitHub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Part 2”
“Absorbing . . . Uniformly insightful. . . Compelling . . . An engrossing consideration of how reading fiction can lay a pathway for emotional and intellectual enrichment.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Original . . . Fascinating . . . The premise is a brilliant one with plenty of room for fun.”
—Publishers Weekly
Table Of Contents
Author’s Note ix
Introduction xi
1 Childhood Part 1: Play 3
2 Childhood Part 2: Schooling 51
3 Adolescence Part 1: Rebellion 95
4 Adolescence Part 2: First Love 134
5 Adulthood Part 1: Ambition 171
6 Adulthood Part 2: Marriage 211
7 Adulthood Part 3: Middle Age 254
8 Old Age and Dying 296
Acknowledgements 341
Notes 343
Bibliography 355
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