{"product_id":"philosophical-toys-susana-medina-9781628975727","title":"Philosophical Toys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina, 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 America...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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), \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Toys\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty and elegiac, \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Toys\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a tour of fetishism, late capitalist culture, Bu?uel's films, psychoanalysis, Alzheimer's disease, as well as the avatars of belonging to two cultures, an experience increasingly shared by a myriad of expatriates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susana Medina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628975725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628975727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Susana Medina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825995698431,"sku":"9781628975727","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f65478e-54c2-4254-982d-e7245f45050f.jpg?v=1746074252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophical-toys-susana-medina-9781628975727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}