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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A deeply personal literary memoir that explores what it means to live an authentic life in an increasingly detached and self-conscious world. Incited by the feeling that the essence of the modern world is buried beneath the distractions of hype and melodrama, cultural critic Richard Todd began a personal search for authenticity, that elusive quality we often seek but seldom find. In The Thing Itself, Todd attempts to discover for himself a new way of thinking by asking the simple question: What is true in ourselves and the world around us? With an exquisite eye for detail and an inquisitive spirit, Todd launches into an involving and elegantly crafted investigation of what makes an authentically lived life. As he focuses on an array of exchanges with people, objects, places, and ideas?from the banal to the emotionally poignant?Todd shows us that there?s a great distance between what we can touch, feel, and see, and what interactions mean in our lives. Mining a rich and multifaceted store of modern philosophy and personal experiences, he inches closer to seeing himself and the world through a clearer set of eyes. Engaging and readable, The Thing Itself offers unexpected insights into the very human search for meaning in our lives. Review:"Of course my life is real," Richard Todd begins in "The Thing Itself," "and so is yours." But, he continues, "things start to add up ... that conspire to make me think there is a scrim between me and the world, that something more substantial, more essential, lies behind or below or beyond the apparitions before us." Finding that elusive reality — the thing itself — is the heart of Todd's provocative... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) Synopsis:Engaging and readable, this deeply personal literary memoir explores what it means to live an authentic life in an increasingly detached and self-conscious world.
About the AuthorRichard Todd has spent many years as a magazine and book editor at The Atlantic Monthly, The New England Monthly, Worth, Civilization, and Houghton Mifflin, and he now works independently as a consultant. He has written scores of articles on a wide range of cultural themes for Harpe‛s, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among others. He is a professor at Goucher College. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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