The best heaven and the worst hell are the same place. Travel with author John F. Williams into the jungles of Laos and into a new understanding of existence.
In lively short stories, Hating Perfection shows the everyday world as uncanny, equally strange as the imaginary worlds of Borges or Kafka. This engrossing, strikingly original book invites you to experience your life in a new way.
Hating Perfection weaves its stories together with an elegant logic. Our hateful world—painful, unjust, ruthless, fatal—stands revealed as the best of all possible worlds, flooded everywhere by a perfection both alien and addicting. What we want is different from what we get. But the reason why has a divine splendor.
Stand beside the author for a time, and look in the direction he is looking. Your troubles may still be your troubles, but the world will be more than it was.
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John F. Williams (Las Vegas, NV), now retired, is a successful, independent venture capitalist. He has traveled widely and lived for ten years in the Far East.
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Librería: Reliant Bookstore, El Dorado, KS, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: acceptable. This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have considerable notes or highlighting. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Cover image on the book may vary. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer! Nº de ref. del artículo: 56JTFK000VYI_ns
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Librería: Goodwill Books, Hillsboro, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: acceptable. Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included. Nº de ref. del artículo: GICWV.1591027322.A
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Librería: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First edition/First printing. A couple of edge smudges and a tiny crease to the upper back corner, else fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: 016277
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Librería: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, Reino Unido
Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 359p, 3 full-page colour illustrations, paperback, a fine copy (as new) [9781591027324]. Nº de ref. del artículo: 111182
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Librería: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. 359p., trade paperback original, first edition with color cover by artist Jesse Lindsay and two uncredited color plates in the text. Autographed by Williams, fine copy. From p.149: "Somehow we need evils in variety and profusion. This cunning world substitutes the ineffable for our banal ambitions." Amateur philosophical treatise arguing that humans have already achieved our highest heaven; the text is thoroughly interspersed with interesting anecdotes and observations from the author's travels in Asia with his Chinese wife. UC Berkeley philosophy professor Hubert L. Dreyfus calls the book "Astonishing! Lively, well written, highly original" in a cover blurb. The first narrative describes an experience with hallucinogenic "Whiskey Lao" outside of Luang Prabang. Nº de ref. del artículo: 140394
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Librería: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: New. Mint New Copy in stock for immediate dispatch from the UK. Nº de ref. del artículo: mon0000109829
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Librería: Kenneth A. Himber, Lebanon, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. Softcover book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 024187
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Librería: BennettBooksLtd, San Diego, NV, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Nº de ref. del artículo: Q-1591027322
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Librería: Buchpark, Trebbin, Alemania
Condición: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher. Nº de ref. del artículo: 4896371/3
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