{"product_id":"a-primer-for-forgetting-getting-past-the-past-paperback-1","title":"A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of our true superstars of nonfiction\" (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe live in a culture that prizes memory--how much we can store, the quality of what's preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing all that we have experienced. But what if forgetfulness were seen not as something to fear--be it in the form of illness or simple absentmindedness--but rather as a blessing, a balm, a path to peace and rebirth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Primer for Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable experiment in scholarship, autobiography, and social criticism by the author of the classics \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrickster Makes This World\u003c\/i\u003e. It forges a new vision of forgetfulness by assembling fragments of art and writing from the ancient world to the modern, weighing the potential boons forgetfulness might offer the present moment as a creative and political force. It also turns inward, using the author's own life and memory as a canvas upon which to extol the virtues of a concept too long taken as an evil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing material from Hesiod to Jorge Luis Borges to Elizabeth Bishop to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, from myths and legends to very real and recent traumas both personal and historical, \u003ci\u003eA Primer for Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and remarkable synthesis that only Lewis Hyde could have produced.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eThis Error Is the Sign of Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720766091571,"sku":"9781250619532","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZmhTdHkvZzh0bklVZ21mTmJhMFdTdz09_df923528-acbd-4d90-bdd5-bc3124df9ccb.webp?v=1763622122","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-primer-for-forgetting-getting-past-the-past-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}