Philosophical Toys (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781628970869)

Nina, a drifter from southern Spain comes to London in search of experience, only to find that the strangest of stories is hiding in her father's loft in Almer?a...

A playfully concocted, fast-paced novel committed to the irresistible pleasure of reading, both a celebration and a critique of our relationship to objects (from fetishes, to curios, to commodities, to objectum sexuality, to our becoming cyborgs through our addiction to technology), "Philosophical Toys" travels through different times, countries and experiences as chance leads Nina to encounter time and again the enigmatic nature of things, which end up transforming her into that most rare of species: a female philosopher.

Witty and elegiac, "Philosophical Toys" takes the reader on a tour of fetishism, late capitalist culture, Bu?uels films, psychoanalysis, Alzheimer's disease, as well as the avatars of belonging to two cultures, an experience increasingly shared by a myriad of expatriates.

Author: Susana Medina
ISBN-10: 1628970863
ISBN-13: 9781628970869
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2015
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2015