The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson

The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

Maggie Nelson

288 pages first pub 2011 (view editions)

nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Genre-busting author Maggie Nelson brilliantly navigates this contemporary predicament, with an eye to the question of whether or not focusing on representations of cruelty makes us cruel. In a journey through high and low culture (Kafka to realit...

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informative: 81%

reflective: 80%

challenging: 77%

dark: 58%

inspiring: 13%

emotional: 8%

tense: 8%

funny: 7%

hopeful: 4%

sad: 3%

relaxing: 1%


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