{"product_id":"9780060750923","title":"Mortification : Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMortification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Robin Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts -- carefully worked and honed into art over the years -- being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden's dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Robertson keeps the atmosphere light throughout, tagging delightful epigraphs onto every reminiscence.”\u003cbr\u003e“Entertaining reading. This is a jolly romp and will make a good stocking-filler for any authors of your acquaintance.”\u003cbr\u003e“As simple as Schott’s Original Miscellany and equally effective.”\u003cbr\u003e“Full of the most achingly funny, endearing accounts of total humiliation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060750923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41024215023822,"sku":"9780060750923","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060750923.jpg?v=1647571946","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060750923","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}