{"product_id":"the-thing-itself-isbn-9781594483844","title":"The Thing Itself","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe celebrated literary memoir and chronicle of one man's search for the elusive gift of authenticity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTroubled by the lack of substance in contemporary life, Richard Todd suspects that much of what we experience is false. In this unique pursuit of the \"genuine,\" Todd examines his search for authenticity in places and objects, in politics and ideas, and in ourselves, and recounts his efforts to understand the desire to be a real person in a real world.\u003cb\u003eRichard Todd\u003c\/b\u003e has spent many years as a magazine and book editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, New England Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003eand Houghton Mifflin. His essays and cultural reportage have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, Harper’s, The New York Times, Worth,\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other magazines. A member of the MFA faculty at Goucher College, he lives in Western Massachusetts.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299738702053,"sku":"NP9781594483844","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781594483844.jpg?v=1767741828","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-thing-itself-isbn-9781594483844","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}