Acompelling,radical,“richlyexplored“(TheNewYorkTimesBookReview),and“insightful“(VanityFair)collectionofessaysonart,feminism,neuroscience,psychology,andphilosophyfromprize-winningnovelistSiriHustvedt,theacclaimedauthorofTheBlazingWorldandWhatILoved.Inatrilogyofworksbroughttogetherinasinglevolume,SiriHustvedtdemonstratesthestrikingrangeanddepthofherknowledgeinboththehumanitiesandthesciences.Armedwithpassionatecuriosity,asenseofhumor,andinsightsfrommanydisciplinessherepeatedlyupendsreceivedideasandculturaltruisms.“AWomanLookingatMenLookingatWomen“(whichprovidedthetitleofthisbook)examinesparticularartworksbutalsohumanperceptionitself,includingthebiasesthatinfluencehowwejudgeart,literature,andtheworld.Picasso,deKooning,LouiseBourgeois,AnselmKiefer,SusanSontag,RobertMapplethorpe,andKarlOveKnausgaardallcomeunderHustvedt’sintensescrutiny.“TheDelusionsofCertainty“exposeshowtheage-old,unresolvedmind-bodyproblemhasshapedandoftendistortedandconfusedcontemporarythoughtinneuroscience,psychiatry,genetics,artificialintelligence,andevolutionarypsychology.“WhatAreWe?LecturesontheHumanCondition“includesapowerfulreadingofKierkegaard,atrenchantanalysisofsuicide,andpenetratingreflectionsonthemysteriesofhysteria,synesthesia,memoryandspace,andthephilosophicaldilemmasoffiction.AWomanLookingatMenLookingatWomenisan“erudite“(Booklist),“wide-ranging,irreverent,andabsorbingmeditationonthinking,knowing,andbeing“(KirkusReviews,starredreview).
