Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

ISBN: 1984879804

Author: Nancherla, Aparna

Condition: New

The New Yorker Best Books of 2023NPR's Books We Love 2023A deeply honest and funny look at how exhausting it can be to live a human life, Unreliable Narrator is a book for anyone who wants to laugh and feel less alone.-Amy PoehlerA hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and out, by the most successful fraud in comedyAparna Nancherla is a superstar comedian on the rise-a darling of Netflix and Comedy Centrals comedy special lineups, a headliner at comedy shows and music festivals, a frequenter of late night television and the subject of numerous profiles. Shes also a successful actor who has written a barrage of thoughtful essays published by the likes of the New York Times. If you ask her, though, shes a total fraud. Shed hate to admit it, but no one does impostor syndrome quite like Aparna Nancherla.UNRELIABLE NARRATOR is a collection of essays that uses Aparnas signature humor to illuminate an interior life, one constantly bossed around by her depression (whom she calls Brenda), laced with anxiety like a horror movie full of jump-scares, and plagued by an unrepenting love-hate relationship with her career as a painfully shy standup comedian. But luckily, crippling self-doubt comes with the gift of keen self-examination. These essays deliver hilarious and incredibly insightful meditations on body image, productivity culture, the ultra-meme-ability of mental health language, and who, exactly, gets to make art about nothing. Despite her own arguments to the contrary, UNRELIABLE NARRATOR is undeniable proof that Aparna is a force-as a comedian and author alike-to be reckoned with.