{"product_id":"monsters-a-fans-dilemma-claire-dederer","title":"Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebest seller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the acclaimed memoir\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove and Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, a passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of #MeToo, and of the link between genius and monstrosity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e essay, What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men? Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Naipaul, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity? Does art have a mandate to depict the darker elements of the psyche? And what happens if the artist stares too long into the abyss? She explores the audience's relationship with artists from Woody Allen to Michael Jackson, asking: How do we balance our undeniable sense of moral outrage with our equally undeniable love of the work? In a more troubling vein, she wonders if an artist needs to be a monster in order to create something great. And if an artist is also a mother, does one identity inexorably, and fatally, interrupt the other? Highly topical, morally wise, honest to the core, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is certain to incite a conversation about whether and how we can separate artists from their art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLAIRE DEDERER\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLove and Trouble\u003c\/span\u003e, and the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e best-selling memoir \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePoser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses\u003c\/span\u003e, which has been translated into twelve languages. A book critic, essayist, and reporter, Dederer is a longtime contributor to \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e and has also written for \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic, Vogue, Slate, The Nation, \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/span\u003e magazine. She lives near Seattle with her family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Dederer","offers":[{"title":"New - Paperback","offer_id":51674410942781,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/81_kt2u9quL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778085765","url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/products\/monsters-a-fans-dilemma-claire-dederer","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}