{"product_id":"fragments-of-a-mortal-mind-donald-anderson-9781948908788","title":"Fragments of a Mortal Mind: A Nonfiction Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eWe are where we've been and what we've read, aren't we? Where else do we get the experience we need to evocatively live?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once a memoir, a reading journal, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eFragments of a Mortal Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring, contemporary commonplace book. Donald Anderson, critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eGathering Noise from My Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBelow Freezing\u003c\/i\u003e, shows us how the disparate elements of our lives collect to construct our deepest selves and help us to make sense of it all. Anderson layers his personal experiences and reflections with those of others who have wrestled with inner and outer social, cultural, and political memories that are not as accurate as history might suggest but that each of us believe nonetheless. He challenges the reader's sense of memory and fact, downplaying the latter in explaining how each of us crafts our own personal histories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Anderson weaves his voice among numerous other voices and ideas that rest upon other ideas, we are faced with larger issues of human existence: war, memory, trauma, mortality, religion, fear, joy, ugliness, and occasional beauty. What we have here is a meditation on living in America. We are shown how the world we consume becomes us as we metabolize it. How we, as humans, through our own fragments of memories, influences, and experiences become our true selves. By charting fragments of thoughts over a lifetime, Anderson exposes a way of thinking and perceiving the world that is refreshingly intuitive and desperately needed. \u003ci\u003eFragments of a Mortal Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful masterpiece that closely resembles our lived experiences and is a vivid reflection of our time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948908786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948908788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Donald Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990985244927,"sku":"9781948908788","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d850e1f8-a7be-4c3e-99da-3686e6c8d1a6.jpg?v=1683307784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fragments-of-a-mortal-mind-donald-anderson-9781948908788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}