{"product_id":"mcdaniel-justin-existential-despair","title":"McDaniel, Justin - Existential Despair","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiterature is the way we wrestle with grief, meaning and survival. In this book, Justin McDaniel, Professor and former Buddhist monk, invites us on a sixteen-week course of radical reading designed to unsettle, transform and restore. Each chapter is modelled on his popular university course, which requires the class to read a novel in a single sitting, grappling with complex feelings that arise and then articulating them before they evaporate in the busyness and distraction of the outside world. Through a captivating range of modern classics from around the globe – by James Baldwin, Carmen Maria Machado, Yukio Mishima, Ottessa Moshfegh, Paul Bowles and more – Existential Despair explores the experiences that shape us and test us to our limits, from childhood to longing, sex, loneliness and death. Existential Despair is a rare opportunity to pursue an immersive reading experience that is so much more than entertainment; one that could save your life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback Book","offer_id":67896153866518,"sku":"RMX-77932","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/9780241776674-jacket-large.jpg?v=1793811721","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/mcdaniel-justin-existential-despair","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}