
- 337 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- A Symphony
- Wide World
- Wolf’s Lair
- A Seven-Day Pillbox
- Hole 18
- Things
- My Jewels
- Gateway Drug
- A Gift
- Whoop Whoop
- Laydee
- Order of the Universe
- The Small Pond
- The Top Floor
- Buckets of Gravy
- Raw Chicken Chunks
- Bulletproof Case
- Shangri-La
- The Asg
- Acknowledgments
- Food for Thought Answers
- Illustration Credits
- Also by Tamara Shopsin
- A Note About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright