{"product_id":"2026200015792-secondhand-a-piece-of-my-mind-reflections-at-sixty","title":"A Piece Of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt sixty, one of America's most formidable literary minds paused to take stock — and the result is a book of rare intellectual candour and brilliance. A Piece of My Mind: Reflections at Sixty presents Edmund Wilson at his most personally revealing, as he turns his celebrated critical gaze inward and outward across a lifetime of thought, offering a series of meditative essays on religion, patriotism, sex, education, and the state of American culture. Far from a conventional memoir, this collection functions as an intellectual self-portrait, charting the evolution of a singular mind shaped by the upheavals of the twentieth century.\n\nWilson's prose carries the same muscular authority and precise elegance that defined his landmark works of criticism, yet here it is inflected with a rare warmth and confessional candour. He argues, provokes, and occasionally contradicts himself with the confidence of a man who has earned his convictions through decades of voracious reading and fierce engagement with the world of ideas. Widely regarded as one of the towering figures of American letters, Wilson illustrates here why his voice remains indispensable — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of his mind he was truly willing to give away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203249217755,"sku":"2026200015792-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4f0b9a67-d109-430c-b7d6-915903900e12.png?v=1788146390","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015792-secondhand-a-piece-of-my-mind-reflections-at-sixty","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}