Trick Mirror

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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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AuthorJia Tolentino
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsInternet culture
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
6 August 2019
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages303
ISBN9780525510543 (First Edition Hardcover)

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion is a 2019 book by American author Jia Tolentino. The book contains nine essays. Topics addressed in the essays include internet culture, "scammer culture", and contemporary feminism.

Writing and composition[]

Tolentino began writing the collection in early 2017 and finished it in the fall of 2018.[1] Before the sale of the book to a publisher, Tolentino chose a "question" to address in each essay.[2] Tolentino selected the order of the essays so that each "builds" on the previous one.[2]

Contents[]

  • The I in the Internet
  • Reality TV Me
  • Always Be Optimizing
  • Pure Heroines
  • Ecstasy
  • The Story of a Generation in Seven Scams
  • We Come from Old Virginia
  • The Cult of the Difficult Woman
  • I Thee Dread

Reception[]

The collection received mostly "Positive" reviews, according to literary review aggregator Book Marks.[3] In their review, Kirkus compared Tolentino to Joan Didion and described the collection as "exhilarating, groundbreaking essays that should establish Tolentino as a key voice of her generation."[4] Writing for Slate, reviewer Laura Miller called Tolentino "a classical essayist along the lines of Montaigne."[5] The Guardian called Trick Mirror "a bold and playful collection of essays from a hugely talented writer."[6] NPR's Vincent Acovino called the collection "phenomenal" and praised Tolentino's "trademark brand of freewheeling wit and intelligence."[7]

The week of August 25, 2019, Trick Mirror debuted on The New York Times Bestseller List at #2 in the category Combined Print & E-Book Non-Fiction.[8] It remained on the list for five weeks.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Acovino, Vincent (6 August 2019). "'Trick Mirror' Finds Hope That Little Truths Will Emerge Amid Absurdities". NPR. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ransom, Brian (7 August 2019). "Please Fire Jia Tolentino". The Paris Review. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion". Book Marks. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Trick Mirror". Kirkus. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  5. ^ Miller, Laura (2019-08-13). "Jia Tolentino's Debut Is a Hall of Mirrors You'll Never Want to Leave". Slate.
  6. ^ Haas, Lidija (2019-08-02). "Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino review – on self-delusion". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Acovino, Vincent (2019-08-06). "'Trick Mirror' Finds Hope That Little Truths Will Emerge Amid Absurdities". National Public Radio.
  8. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. 2019-08-25.
  9. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. 2019-09-22.


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