{"product_id":"pleasure-of-thinking-essays-9781662601255","title":"Pleasure of Thinking: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eA yet-untranslated essay collection on the importance of critical thought, from one of the foremost Chinese intellectuals of the 1990s. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWang Xiaobo's \u003ci\u003ePleasure of Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is an essay collection as riotous as it is contemplative. Between rollicking anecdotes about living between the East and West and serious musings on the intellectual situations at home and abroad, Xiaobo examines modern life with the levity missing from so much of today's politico-cultural discourse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Maverick Pig,\" he considers the existential differences between humans and livestock. In \"Tales From Abroad: Food,\" he recounts the culture shock of discovering American diets while studying at Carnegie Mellon. Several pieces focus on literature, with notable essays devoted to Italo Calvino, Bertrand Russell, and Ernest Hemingway, whom Xiaobo admired greatly. Others are more personal in nature, ranging from a meditation on getting mugged, to the consideration of the question: why do I write? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eControversial, hilarious, and inimitable, \u003ci\u003ePleasure of Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful celebration of Wang Xiaobo's unique critical perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662601255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wang Xiaobo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881858011317,"sku":"9781662601255","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_000593e9-8dc1-43a0-a70b-03c55256c31d.jpg?v=1685418814","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pleasure-of-thinking-essays-9781662601255","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}