{"product_id":"why-didnt-you-just-do-what-you-were-told-essays-by-jenny-diski","title":"Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays - By Jenny Diski","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChoose the pursuit of happiness if you really must, but there are better things to do with a life, unless freedom from difficulty is the only acceptable existence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own diagnosis with cancer. Her columns in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, ranged from subjects as various as happiness, social psychology, self-absorption and cats have been described as 'virtuoso performances', and 'small masterpieces'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal, opinionated and well ahead of her time, this collection will allow readers old and new to 'read Diski for the pleasures of Diski, but also read Diski to learn what we may think, in the future, about how, were we possessed by foresight, we might have better performed our humanity in the now' (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 222 x 145mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f90e0e;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders\u003c\/strong\u003e are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenny Diski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40342766649386,"sku":"9781526621900","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px_67_4fecba67-799c-4612-9c94-85cdd4f58aec.jpg?v=1660188434","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/why-didnt-you-just-do-what-you-were-told-essays-by-jenny-diski","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}