Arbitrary Stupid Goal
eBook - ePub

Arbitrary Stupid Goal

  1. 337 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Arbitrary Stupid Goal

About this book

One of The New Yorker's "Books We Loved in 2017"

" Arbitrary Stupid Goal is a completely riveting world
—when I looked up from its pages regular life seemed boring and safe and modern like one big iPhone. This book captures not just a lost New York but a whole lost way of life." —Miranda July
In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos. The center of Tamara's universe is Shopsin's, her family's legendary greasy spoon, aka "The Store," run by her inimitable dad, Kenny—a loquacious, contrary, huge-hearted man who, aside from dishing up New York's best egg salad on rye, is Village sheriff, philosopher, and fixer all at once. All comers find a place at Shopsin's table and feast on Kenny's tall tales and trenchant advice along with the incomparable chili con carne.
Filled with clever illustrations and witty, nostalgic photographs and graphics, and told in a sly, elliptical narrative that is both hilarious and endearing, Arbitrary Stupid Goal is an offbeat memory-book mosaic about the secrets of living an unconventional life, which is becoming a forgotten art.

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Information

Publisher
MCD
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780374105860

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. A Symphony
  6. Wide World
  7. Wolf’s Lair
  8. A Seven-Day Pillbox
  9. Hole 18
  10. Things
  11. My Jewels
  12. Gateway Drug
  13. A Gift
  14. Whoop Whoop
  15. Laydee
  16. Order of the Universe
  17. The Small Pond
  18. The Top Floor
  19. Buckets of Gravy
  20. Raw Chicken Chunks
  21. Bulletproof Case
  22. Shangri-La
  23. The Asg
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Food for Thought Answers
  26. Illustration Credits
  27. Also by Tamara Shopsin
  28. A Note About the Author
  29. Newsletter Sign-up
  30. Contents
  31. Copyright