How I Became Stupid
$38.52
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2004
Summary
Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page’s stinging satire, How I Became Stupid-a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today’s culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary in order to become “stupid” enough…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142004951 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142004952 |
| Author: | Martin Page |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 130mm x 12mm |
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A wild yet powerful book. (Elle)
A harmonious and surprising mixture of optimism and nihilism. (La Vie Magazine)A wild yet powerful book. (Elle)
About The Author
Martin Page
Martin Page was born in 1975. He is a student of anthropology. This is his first novel.
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