{"product_id":"this-is-pleasure-by-mary-gaitskillused","title":"This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill(used)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGood Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Gets deep under your skin ... Gaitskill is uniquely attuned to the moment.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Gaitskill achieves a superb feat. She distils the suffering, anger, reactivity, danger and social recalibration of the #MeToo movement into an extremely potent, intelligent and nuanced account. Sarah Hall, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The work of an expert iconoclast elegantly prising the lid from a can of worms.'\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMetro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I don't know why I behaved the way I did, and I kept doing it; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e kept doing it. And though I might once have easily brushed it away, suddenly I could not. Nor could I confront him. The conversation moved too quickly.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Pleasure\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an extraordinary work by one of the world's finest writers, and achieves more in 15,000 words than most full-length novels. Following the unravelling of the life of a male publisher undone by allegations of sexual impropriety and harassment, and the female friend who tries to understand, and explain, his actions, it looks unflinchingly at our present moment and rejects moral certainties to show us that there are many sides to every story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Gaitskill has spent her whole career mining the complexity of human relationships on both an individual and societal scale with wisdom and grace. Here her insights are more piercing and timely than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Used","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46140528918786,"sku":"9781788165037","price":70.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/thisispleasure.jpg?v=1747041358","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/this-is-pleasure-by-mary-gaitskillused","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}