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Sloth

Wendy Wasserstein

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Here is a rollicking parody of the self-help genre, one that skewers the couch-bound, apathetic mentality so pervasive in America today.
With tongue in cheek, Sloth guides readers step-by-step toward a life of noncommittal inertia. You have the right to be lazy, writes Wasserstein. You can choose not to respond. You can choose not to move. Readers will find out the importance of Lethargiosis--the process of eliminating energy and drive, the vital first step in becoming a sloth. To help you attain the perfect state of indolent bliss, the book offers a wealth of self-help aids. Readers will find the sloth songbook, sloth breakfast bars , sloth documentaries , and the sloth network, channel 823, programming guaranteed not to stimulate or challenge in any way. Readers will also learn the top ten lies about Sloth, the ten commandments of Sloth, the SLOTH mantra, even the too-much ten--over-achievers such as Marie Curie, Shakespeare, and William the Conqueror. You will discover how to become a sloth in your diet, exercise, work, and even love-life .
Wendy Wasserstein is one of America's great comic writers--one who always has a serious point to her humor. Here, as she pokes fun at the self-help industry, she also satirizes the legion of Americans who are cultural and political sloths.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: August 23, 2006

ISBN: 0195312090

ISBN 13: 9780195312096

Sloth

Wendy Wasserstein

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Here is a rollicking parody of the self-help genre, one that skewers the couch-bound, apathetic mentality so pervasive in America today.
With tongue in cheek, Sloth guides readers step-by-step toward a life of noncommittal inertia. You have the right to be lazy, writes Wasserstein. You can choose not to respond. You can choose not to move. Readers will find out the importance of Lethargiosis--the process of eliminating energy and drive, the vital first step in becoming a sloth. To help you attain the perfect state of indolent bliss, the book offers a wealth of self-help aids. Readers will find the sloth songbook, sloth breakfast bars , sloth documentaries , and the sloth network, channel 823, programming guaranteed not to stimulate or challenge in any way. Readers will also learn the top ten lies about Sloth, the ten commandments of Sloth, the SLOTH mantra, even the too-much ten--over-achievers such as Marie Curie, Shakespeare, and William the Conqueror. You will discover how to become a sloth in your diet, exercise, work, and even love-life .
Wendy Wasserstein is one of America's great comic writers--one who always has a serious point to her humor. Here, as she pokes fun at the self-help industry, she also satirizes the legion of Americans who are cultural and political sloths.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: August 23, 2006

ISBN: 0195312090

ISBN 13: 9780195312096

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