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We Learn Nothing

by Tim Kreider
$8.90
We Learn Nothing
We Learn Nothing

Humorously profound essays on human follies and truths.

"We Learn Nothing" offers a blend of humor and raw honesty that will resonate if you've ever pondered over life's absurdities. It's like having a deep, revealing conversation with a friend—unexpectedly enlightening with a touch of wry wit. Tim Kreider's perspective is refreshing; it's for those moments when you need a laugh as much as a philosophical pause.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

We Learn Nothing

by Tim Kreider
$8.90
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ISBN: 9781439198711
Authors: Tim Kreider
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 2013-04-09
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Essays, Biography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.16
(rated by 5137 readers)

Description

“Kreider locates the right simile and the pith of situations as he carefully catalogues humanity’s inventive and manifold ways of failing” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesn’t change you? Why do we fall in love with people we don’t even like? How do you react when someone you’ve known for years unexpectedly changes genders? With a perfect combination of humor and pathos, these essays, peppered with Kreider’s signature cartoons, leave us with newfound wisdom and a unique prism through which to examine our own chaotic journeys through life. These are the conversations you have only with best friends or total strangers, late at night over drinks, near closing time. This edition also includes the sensationally popular essay “The Busy Trap,” as seen in the New York Times.
 

Humorously profound essays on human follies and truths.

"We Learn Nothing" offers a blend of humor and raw honesty that will resonate if you've ever pondered over life's absurdities. It's like having a deep, revealing conversation with a friend—unexpectedly enlightening with a touch of wry wit. Tim Kreider's perspective is refreshing; it's for those moments when you need a laugh as much as a philosophical pause.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.