What happens when you whittle a book down to only its most salient quotes?
Does it still tell a story? Can it still be evocative and meaningful?
Sarah Manguso asks just that in her book 300 Arguments, a collection of 300 platitudes that reflect on life, writing, love, friendship, and more.
"Think of this as a short book composed entirely of what I hoped would be a long book's quotable passages," writes Manguso.
But while Manguso sets up her book as a collection seemingly disparate passages, 300 Arguments quickly shapes into a book with distinctly disenchanted view on the events we all deal with in life. Read more...
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