A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Greig

A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Greig

Susannah Jones? official boyfriend Jason is the perfect foil to her student lifestyle. He is ten years older and an antique dealer, so she doesn?t have to live in the seedy digs her friends do. Then when she is on campus she can take philosophy very seriously and dabble in the social and sexual freedom of 1970s Sussex University. In fact, it was philosophy that led her to the sex: Rob, with whom she is having an affair, is her tutorial partner. Then she discovers things are even more complicated than she thought and, forced to look beyond her friends and lovers for support, finds help from Kierkegaard and other European philosophers. The Women?s Room meets Friedrich Nietzsche in this bittersweet coming of age novel, in which love is far from platonic and the mind-body problem a pressing reality.

?This is one of those rare novels that manages to be sparkling and funny as well as intelligently thoughtfulA young woman coming of age is trying to expand her mind and live inside her body both at once: her difficulties are imagined with comedy and delicate sympathetic insight? Tessa Hadley

Charlotte Greig worked as a music journalist in print and radio before becoming a folk singer and songwriter. She has made five critically acclaimed albums and written a book on girl groups (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Girl Groups from the 50s On). She lives in Cardiff with her family. A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy is her first novel.

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ISBN 13	9781852429515
ISBN 10	1852429518
Title	A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy
Author	Charlotte Greig
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2007-06-14
Number of pages	288
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