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How I Became Stupid Paperback - 2004
by Martin Page
Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in this stinging satire, who has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware. He vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary--in order to become "stupid" enough to be a happy, functioning member of society in this dark and hilarious odyssey.
Summary
Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page?s stinging satire, How I Became Stupid?a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award?like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today?s culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary?in order to become ?stupid? enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.
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- Title How I Became Stupid
- Author Martin Page
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-11-30
- ISBN 9780142004951 / 0142004952
- Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 7.04 x 5.12 x 0.47 in (17.88 x 13.00 x 1.19 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004044644
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
A harmonious and surprising mixture of optimism and nihilism. (La Vie Magazine)
A wild yet powerful book. (Elle)
A wild yet powerful book. (Elle)
Citations
- Booklist, 10/15/2004, Page 390
- Library Journal, 11/01/2004, Page 76
- Publishers Weekly, 11/29/2004, Page 25
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