Trick Mirror

By Jia Tolentino,

Book cover of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

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A Times book of the year A Guardian book of the year 'Magnificent'The Times 'Dazzling' New Statesman 'It filled me with hope' Zadie Smith

What happens to our behaviour when we live most of our lives online? What does it mean to 'always be optimising'? And what is it about…


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1 author picked Trick Mirror as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tolentino’s essay collection is already a contemporary classic. In it, she lays bare—with surgical precision—the illusions and compromises of late-capitalist subjectivity, but pairs that existential dread with a sharp eye for the comic absurdity of it all. It explains so much of our contemporary life, and why that contemporary life so often feels bad. It stayed with me for the clarity of its arguments, but also for a truly hilarious scene involving escaped bodily air and a yoga class. 

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