{"product_id":"falling-upwards-essays-in-defense-of-the-imagination-9780465078004","title":"Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination","description":"Sex and the City, Saul Bellow, \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante and the American self, Barbara Kingsolver, acting in Hollywood, Soviet painting in Soho, \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, Jane Austen in the present, J.K. Rowling -- nothing escapes Lee Siegel's incandescent eye. Siegel possesses an intellectual range and independent perspective unmatched by his peers, and \u003ci\u003eFalling Upwards\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the best of his essays, all of them rich with the trades mark wit and intelligence that have won him many friends and a few enemies. In these essential writings, Siegel deftly uses the occasion of a book, film, painting, or television show not merely to appraise it, but to make sense of life in a way that is more defiant of impoverished cultural \"norms\" than most contemporary artistic expression. Guided by the belief that a calculating self-interest in art-making diminishes the prospects for the imagination in life, Siegel celebrates authentic sensibilities and lambasts manufactured sentiments. With uncanny insight, yet also with incomparable logic and analytical rigor, he has invented a new idiom in which the language of criticism embodies the playful, creative, synthesizing power that has been largely abdicated by the arts in our time. In writing about works of culture, Siegel has created a standard by which to judge them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Siegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.61h x 5.96w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465078004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/2006 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e is a renowned critic and essayist whose writing appears in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic, Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He received the 2002 National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFalling Upwards\u003c\/i\u003e. Siegel is a senior editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and child in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41005081952371,"sku":"9.78047E+12","price":47.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_098aa056-084f-4794-8e58-db4bbdf60d32.jpg?v=1697123060","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/falling-upwards-essays-in-defense-of-the-imagination-9780465078004","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}