Trick mirror reflections on self-delusion

A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to...

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Main Author: Tolentino, Jia (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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