{"product_id":"9781350177734","title":"Melancholic Joy : On Life Worth Living by Prof Brian Treanor","description":"Today, we find ourselves surrounded by numerous reasons to despair, from loneliness, suffering and death at an individual level to societal alienation, oppression, sectarian conflict and war. No honest assessment of life can take   place without facing up to these facts and it is not surprising that more and   more people are beginning to suspect that the human story will end in   tragedy. However, this focus on despair does not paint a complete and   accurate picture of reality, which is also inflected with beauty and   goodness. Working with examples from poetry and literature, including Virginia Woolf and Jack Gilbert and the films of Terrence Malick, Melancholic Joy offers an honest assessment   of the human condition. It unflinchingly acknowledges the everyday   frustrations and extraordinary horrors that generate despair and argues that   the appropriate response is to take up joy again, not in an   attempt to ignore or dismiss evil, but rather as part of a \"melancholic joy\"   that accepts the mystery of a world both beautiful and brutal.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312214061429,"sku":"9781350177734","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350177734.jpg?v=1762821041","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781350177734","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}