How I Became Stupid

How I Became Stupid

by Martin Page
How I Became Stupid

How I Became Stupid

by Martin Page

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Overview

Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page's stinging satire, How I Became Stupid--a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today's culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary in order to become "stupid" enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780142004951
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/30/2004
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Martin Page was born in 1975. He is a student of anthropology. This is his first novel.

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A harmonious and surprising mixture of optimism and nihilism. (La Vie Magazine)

A wild yet powerful book. (Elle)

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