{"product_id":"the-end-of-solitude-selected-essays-on-culture-and-society-9781250858634","title":"The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionate, probing collection gathering nearly thirty years of groundbreaking reflection on culture and society alongside four new essays, by one of our most respected essayists and critics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--former Yale English professor and National Book Critics Circle Award-winner William Deresiewicz.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. \u003ci\u003eThe End of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e brings together more than forty of his finest essays, including four that are published here for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging widely across the culture, they take up subjects as diverse as \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e and Harold Bloom, the significance of the hipster, and the purpose of art. Drawing on the past, they ask how we got where we are. Scrutinizing the present, they seek to understand how we can live more mindfully and freely, and they pose two fundamental questions: What does it mean to be an individual, and how can we sustain our individuality in an age of networks and groups?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeresiewicz, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e's writing has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He is the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle award for excellence in reviewing and is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eExcellent Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Death of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Jane Austen Education\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644736672018,"sku":"9781250858634","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_873a53cf-0eaf-4e73-9b2a-1a101401d548.jpg?v=1756201578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-end-of-solitude-selected-essays-on-culture-and-society-9781250858634","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}