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How I Became Stupid Tapa blanda - 2004

de Martin Page

Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in this stinging satire, who has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware. He vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary--in order to become "stupid" enough to be a happy, functioning member of society in this dark and hilarious odyssey.


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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 to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.

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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 to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.

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  • Título How I Became Stupid
  • Autor Martin Page
  • Encuadernación Tapa blanda
  • Edición [ Edition: Repri
  • Páginas 160
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Fecha de publicación 2004-11-30
  • ISBN 9780142004951 / 0142004952
  • Peso 0.29 libras (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensiones 7.04 x 5.12 x 0.47 pulgadas (17.88 x 13.00 x 1.19 cm)
  • Época de 18 a UP años
  • Cursos 13 - UP
  • Temas
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2004044644
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Reseñas en medios

A harmonious and surprising mixture of optimism and nihilism. (La Vie Magazine)

A wild yet powerful book. (Elle)

Citas

  • Booklist, 10/15/2004, Page 390
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2004, Page 76
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/29/2004, Page 25

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Martin Page was born in 1975. He is a student of anthropology. This is his first novel.
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