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Hypochondria (Unabridged)
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- Author
- Will Rees
- Narrator
- Will Rees
- Duration
- 6 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9781770568839
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Coach House Books
- Genre
- Popular culture, Ethnic studies
Synopsis
A personal and literary examination of hypochondria. A free-wheeling philosophical essay, Hypochondria is expansive in its range of references, from the writings of Franz Kafka to original yet accessible readings of theorists like Lauren Berlant. Whether he is discussing Seinfeld, John Donne, or his own hypochondriac past, Rees reveals himself to be a wry and perceptive critic, exploring the causes - and the costs - of our desire for certainty. With wit and erudition, Hypochondria demonstrates both the rewards and the perils of reading (too) closely the common but typically overlooked aspects of our everyday lives.
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