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    Lauren Oyler

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No Judgement: On Being Critical

Lauren Oyler

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Literary essays

From one of the most talented young writers around: a deliciously funny, scathing and furiously intelligent collection of essays on where we are right now

I heard this crazy story, and I want you to know. It 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'.

In this blistering, irreverent and very funny first book of non-fiction, Lauren Oyler 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.

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Praise for No Judgement: On Being Critical

  • Seriously thought-provoking ... made me want to live a little more - The Times

  • Very fun to read ... exhilarating and original - New Statesman

  • Oyler is ferociously intelligent ... she pushes arguments beyond the expected resolution into an original spin on the initial premise - Irish Times

  • A series of essays exploring where we're at right now ... covering everything from existential anxiety to the attention economy. Funny, insightful and bang on the money - Stylist

  • A series of interconnected essays about modern life, from gossip and anxiety to books and criticism. Scathing, wry and incisive - The i

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