{"product_id":"9781628975727","title":"Philosophical Toys","description":"Author: Susana Medina\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781628975727\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 276\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina, a drifter from southern Spain, comes to London in search of experience, only to find that the strangest of stories is hiding in her father's loft inAlmera...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA playfully concocted, fast-paced novel committed to the irresistible pleasure of reading, both a celebration and a critique of our relationship to objects (from fetishes, to curios, to commodities, to objectum sexuality, to our becoming cyborgs through our addiction to technology), Philosophical Toys travels through different times, countries and experiences as chance leads Nina to encounter time and again the enigmatic nature of things, which end up transforming her into that most rare of species: a female philosopher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty and elegiac,\u003ci\u003e Philosophical Toys \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader on a tour of fetishism, late capitalist culture, Buuel's films, psychoanalysis, Alzheimer's disease, as well as the avatars of belonging to two cultures, an experience increasingly shared by a myriad of expatriates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833161371806,"sku":"ADS-9781628975727","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781628975727.jpg?v=1778650772","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781628975727","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}