{"product_id":"bxosodin-no-judgement-9780349016511","title":"No Judgement: On Being Critical","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture - from 'the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIncluded as a 2024 highlight in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist, the Skinny, BBC Online\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Funny, insightful and bang on the money'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVery fun to read ... exhilarating and original'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e--------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI heard this crazy story, and I want you to know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the age of internet gossip; of social networks, repackaged ideas and rating everything out of five stars. Mega-famous celebrities respond with fury to critics who publish less-than-rapturous reviews of their work (and then delete their tweets); CEOs talk about reclaiming 'the power of vulnerability'; and in the world of fiction, writers eschew actually making things up in favour of 'always just talking about themselves'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this blistering, irreverent and very funny first book of non-fiction, Lauren Oyler - one of the most trenchant, influential, and revelatory critics of her generation - takes on the bizarre particularities of our present moment in a series of interconnected essays about literature, the attention economy, gossip, the role of criticism and her own relentless, teeth-grinding anxiety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminating and thought-provoking, by turns drily scathing and disarmingly open, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNo Judgement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e excavates the layers of psychology and meaning in how we communicate, tell stories and make critical judgements - to offer dazzling insights into how we live and think today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Brisk, honest and soaring with élan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Naoise Dolan, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Happy Couple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Smart and unafraid and (thank God) funny. This is exactly what I want to read'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Monica Heisey, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReally Good, Actually\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Oyler is the kind of dangerous contemporary writer we need more of'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNiamh Campbell, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWe Were Young\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43514556547278,"sku":"9780349016511","price":44.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9780349016511_a.png?v=1778744801","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosodin-no-judgement-9780349016511","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}