{"product_id":"9781742237992","title":"Peripathetic","description":"Author: Cher Tan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742237992\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Highly Commended, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2025, Non-Fiction**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere was something so captivating about always being on the edge, on that shaky precipice of promise - something new and something cool was just lurking around the corner and we'd arrive at it if we kick around long enough.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeripathetic\u003c\/i\u003e is about shit jobs. About being who you are and who you aren't online. About knowing a language four times. About living on the interstices. About thievery. About wanting. About the hyperreal. About weirdness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCher Tan's essays are as non-linear as her life, as she travels across borders that are simultaneously tightening and blurring. In luminous and inventive prose, they look beyond the performance of everyday life, seeking answers that continually elude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaying homage to the many outsider artists, punks, drop-outs and rogue philosophers who came before, this book is about the resistance of orthodoxies - even when it feels impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tan is searingly intelligent and often very funny, making\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeripathetic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eboth a thought-provoking and deeply pleasurable read.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Best Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeripathetic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eis a fascinating collection, always animated by Tan's distinctive, acidic voice and rambunctious aesthetic. The essays are bold and always manage to be intellectually engaging and incredibly good fun.'  Fiona Wright,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tan is a sharpshooter, putting into words thoughts that had previously only rattled in my head.'  ArtsHub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Invigoratingly thoughtful, playful and stylistically uncompromising in the best of senses.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\/The Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We need curious, energetic and risk-taking commentators like Tan.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839826841758,"sku":"ADS-9781742237992","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742237992.jpg?v=1778827473","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742237992","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}