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Title:
Montaigne in barn boots : an amateur ambles through philosophy
Author:
Perry, Michael, 1964- author.
ISBN:
9780062230560
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY :

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

[2017?]

©2017.
Physical Description:
xi, 223 pages ; 22 cm.
Abstract:
Written in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth look into the ideas of a philosopher "ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard," channeled by a midwestern American writing "in a room above the garage overlooking a disused pig pen." Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires, failing to fix a truck, or feeding chickens, Perry draws on each experience to explore subjects as diverse as faith, race, sex, aromatherapy, and Prince. But he also champions academics and aesthetics, in a book that ultimately emerges as a sincere, unflinching look at the vital need to be a better person and citizen.
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