Ashleigh Young
Can You Tolerate This?
Can You Tolerate This?
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In her essay collection "Can You Tolerate This?", Ashleigh Young explores her early years, coming of age in a small town in New Zealand, and the historical portraits that strike personal harmonies. Through her writing, she reveals a curious, tender, and exacting psyche.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019
WINNER OF A WINDHAM-CAMPBELL PRIZE 2017
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MAGGIE NELSON has crafted an essay collection that is truly unique in its style and substance. The New York Times has praised it as "an essay collection unlike any I've read."
In her book, "Can You Tolerate This?" Ashleigh Young takes us on a journey into her early years, growing up in a small town in the distant yet familiar land of New Zealand. She yearns for a larger and more creative life, longing to escape the confines of her small-town existence. As Young's perspective broadens, she presents a series of historical portraits that strike unexpected personal harmonies. These portraits include a boy with a rare skeletal disease, a French postman who built a stone fortress by hand, and a generation of Japanese shut-ins.
What is remarkable about these portraits is how they seamlessly blend with Young's personal experiences. As she grows up, she undergoes a transformation from an unselfconscious childhood to painful shyness in adolescence. We witness her fall in and out of love, engage in intense physical exercise that masks something deeper, and gradually find herself through her writing. Through her precise and tender observations of herself and the world around her, a highly particular psyche emerges: curious, tender, and exacting in her self-reflection.
"Can You Tolerate This?" is a captivating and profound exploration of the human condition. Maggie Nelson has masterfully woven together personal anecdotes, historical narratives, and philosophical reflections to create a work that is both thought-provoking and deeply moving. This book is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the power of words to capture the essence of life and the complexities of the human experience.
Weight: 196g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526600394
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