The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson

The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

Maggie Nelson

288 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Genre-busting author Maggie Nelson brilliantly navigates this contemporary predicament, with an eye to the question of whether or not focusing on representations of cruelty makes us cruel. In a journey through high and low culture (Kafka to realit...

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challenging 83%
informative 76%
reflective 70%
dark 63%
inspiring 16%
tense 10%
emotional 6%
funny 3%
hopeful 3%

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slow 38%
fast 15%

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