{"product_id":"up-up-down-down-cheston-knapp-9781501161032","title":"Up Up, Down Down: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of John Jeremiah Sullivan and David Foster Wallace, Cheston Knapp's \u003ci\u003eUp Up, Down Down\u003c\/i\u003e \"is an always smart, often hilarious, and ultimately transcendent essay collection\" (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e) that brilliantly explores authenticity and the nature of identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaring and wise, hilarious and tender, Cheston Knapp's \"glittering\" (Leslie Jamison) collection of seven linked essays tackles the Big Questions through seemingly unlikely avenues. In his dexterous hands, an examination of a local professional wrestling promotion becomes a meditation on pain and his relationship with his father. A profile of UFO enthusiasts ends up probing his history in the church and, more broadly, the nature and limits of faith itself. Attending an adult skateboarding camp launches him into a virtuosic analysis of nostalgia. And the shocking murder of a neighbor expands into an interrogation of our culture's prevailing ideas about community. Even more remarkable, perhaps, is the way he manages to find humanity in a damp basement full of frat boys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, the essays in \u003ci\u003eUp Up, Down Down\u003c\/i\u003e amount to a chronicle of Knapp's coming-of-age, a young man's journey into adulthood, late-onset as it might appear. He presents us with formative experiences from his childhood to marriage that echo throughout the collection, and ultimately tilts at what may be the Biggest Q of them all: what are the hazards of becoming who you are? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \"a firmly tongue-in-cheek approach to the existential crises of male maturity for the millennial generation...Knapp's intelligent take on coming-of-age deserves to be widely read\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \"Compelling...Precise and laugh-inducing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eUp Up, Down Down\u003c\/i\u003e signals the arrival of a truly one-of-a-kind voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheston Knapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501161032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501161032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Cheston Knapp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935189172479,"sku":"9781501161032","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ae867fbf-9ebc-43ad-bfce-2554065d27ab.jpg?v=1681418373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/up-up-down-down-cheston-knapp-9781501161032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}