{"product_id":"a-primer-for-forgetting-9781250619532","title":"A Primer for Forgetting","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of our true superstars of nonfiction (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in a culture that prizes memoryhow much we can store, the quality of what's preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing all that we have experienced. But what if forgetfulness were seen not as something to fearbe it in the form of illness or simple absentmindednessbut rather as a blessing, a balm, a path to peace and rebirth? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Primer for Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable experiment in scholarship, autobiography, and social criticism by the author of the classics \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrickster Makes This World\u003c\/i\u003e. It forges a new vision of forgetfulness by assembling fragments of art and writing from the ancient world to the modern, weighing the potential boons forgetfulness might of\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407298339159,"sku":"9781250619532","price":18.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250619532.jpg?v=1730498900","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-primer-for-forgetting-9781250619532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}