Essay books from New Zealand
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If you are into essay here are some essay books from New Zealand for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Nostalgia Has Ruined My Life by Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
From the discomfort of my own home I buy dresses, look up recipes, do online surveys. In Nostalgia Has Ruined My Life, an unnamed young woman in her late twenties navigates unemployment, boredom, chronic illness and online dating. Her activities are banal -- applying for jobs, looking up horoscopes, managing depression, going on Tinder dates. 'I want to tell someone I love them but there is no one to tell,' she says. 'Except my sister maybe. I want to pick blackberries on a farm and then die.' She observes the ambiguities of social interactions, the absurd intimacies of sex and the indignity o... continue