{"product_id":"9781964322995","title":"Worthy of the Event","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMove over Michel de Montaigne, there's a new girl in town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ABA Indie Next Pick • A \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eWomen's History Month Book Pick • An Allstora Queer History 101 Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of trans life that begins with her own transition in the 1960s, Vivian Blaxell takes us on a witty and expansive sweep through history, from Australia to Japan, to Hawai’i to Mexico, to heretofore unmapped regions of the mind. In seven devastatingly intelligent parts, her essay covers a vast range in time and space — from the arson of a Japanese temple to a transformative encounter with a coral reef, from Nietzsche and Hegel to Indigenous metaphysics, from a perplexing relationship with a beautiful man to the unknowable minds of animals. Fleshy and philosophical, searching and exalted, utterly distinctive and assured, \u003ci\u003eWorthy of the Event\u003c\/i\u003e belatedly establishes Vivian Blaxell as one of the major writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vivian Blaxell","offers":[{"title":"LittlePuss Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-04-11","offer_id":46794757079295,"sku":"9781964322995","price":30.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_26ef9844-8721-4675-bf0e-7b8983f96375.jpg?v=1744925434","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781964322995","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}