The Book of Formation |
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Author:
| Simonini, Ross |
ISBN: | 978-1-61219-668-8 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
Publisher: | Melville House Publishing
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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In the 1990s, a talk show host leads the 'personality movement,' an integrative approach to radical self-transformation. Mayah, the movement's architect and celebrity advocate, adopts a curious, wild child named Masha Isle. A guinea-pig for the movement, and the key to its future, Isle is the subject of the eight interviews that comprise this book. As the interviewer's objectivity disintegrates - even as the movement's legitimacy becomes increasingly suspect - he becomes obsessed with...
More DescriptionIn the 1990s, a talk show host leads the 'personality movement,' an integrative approach to radical self-transformation. Mayah, the movement's architect and celebrity advocate, adopts a curious, wild child named Masha Isle. A guinea-pig for the movement, and the key to its future, Isle is the subject of the eight interviews that comprise this book. As the interviewer's objectivity disintegrates - even as the movement's legitimacy becomes increasingly suspect - he becomes obsessed with Masha. And all of that is thrown into question when tragedy strikes.