How to Be Weird
An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life
$34.71
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2023
Summary
A guidebook for beating the monotony of the everyday by purposefully cultivating the surprising joys that come from living an off-kilter life
It’s all too easy to get caught up in the often monotonous nature of our day to day–moving from one rote task to the next, only to rinse and repeat the next day. Weirdness, however, is an easily accessible antidote to these feelings of languishing. The quirky, eccentric, and peculiar can take us out of our normal habits of thought and perception…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143136576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143136577 |
| Author: | Eric G. Wilson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Plume |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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Critics Review
“From start to finish, this book has great re-readability and a fun voice. Highly recommended for bibliophiles and those who want to break a little right-brain sweat.” —Library Journal, starred review“A whimsical guide to embracing eccentricity … Wilson doesn’t skimp on the strangeness and delivers a self-help guide defiantly unlike any other. This quirky volume welcomes the unconventional with humor and insight.” —Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Eric G. Wilson
Eric G. Wilson is the Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University. He is the author of books Against Happiness- In Praise of Melancholy, an LA Times bestseller; Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck- Why We Can’t Look Away; and Keep it Fake- Inventing an Authentic Life, as well as many other books exploring connections among literature, film, and psychology.
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