Full name: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Author: Jia Tolentino Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Essays, Memoirs, Feminism Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780525510543 0525510540

Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the American scammer as millennial hero; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; the mandate that everything, including our bodies, should always be getting more efficient and beautiful until we die. Similar books: The Unspeakable by Meghan Daum Pieces of the Frame by John McPhee My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum Alibis by Andre Aciman The Disappointment Artist by Jonathan Lethem Silk Parachute by John McPhee How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee The Wrong Way to Save Your Life by Megan Stielstra My Heart Is an Idiot by Davy Rothbart The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem Halls of Fame by John D'Agata Learning to Drive by Katha Pollitt Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan Step Across This Line by Salman Rushdie Table of Contents by John McPhee Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy Living by the Word by Alice Walker