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Title	:	How I Became Stupid
Author	:	Martin Page
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 160 pages
Published	:	November 30th 2004 by Penguin Books (first published 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Cultural. France. Novels. Contemporary. European Literature. French Literature. Literature

How I Became Stupid Paperback | Pages: 160 pages

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Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page's stinging satire, "How I Became Stupid" a modern day "Candide" with a Darwin Award-like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today's culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary in order to become stupid enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.

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Original Title:	Comment je suis devenu stupide
ISBN:	0142004952 (ISBN13: 9780142004951)
Edition Language:	English

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As you start to know more, your mind, your thoughts become more complex and you find yourself unfitting in the society that we live today, which makes us somehow unhappy.Just as the author states, we come to the conclusion that those with a simple mind, are more happy, they worry about less and live their life in the bubble that they made for themself. Had an attempt and started to watch Netflix all day, but after a while this made me even more unhappy. Conclusion. The must be a way somewhere in

As someone who can sometimes feel a higher level of intelligence in comparison to the huddled masses, the idea that someone can somehow become stupid in order to make everyday life easier made me chuckle because Ive felt that way before. I think my favorite part of the book is when the main character decides to try alcoholism, but first he must interview an alcoholic. After all his vain attempts to numb his intelligence, he comes to realize that being smart isnt so bad after all. Its a

ENalthough based on an interesting idea and quite well reasoned, the book seems overrated; except for antoine all the other characters lack personality. the last chapter is almost annoying, due to the artificial feeling and the beginning of the love story. the naivety and the simplicity of the 2 characters is so exaggerated so that everything becomes unnatural. ROdesi bazata pe o idee interesanta si argumentata destul de bine, cartulia mi se pare cam overrated; cu exceptia lui antoine,

This one was an interesting easy read.I don't usually read books like this, but I had it in my personal library so I gave it a try. At first I liked it, even though I became aware of this book's main idea when I was like 12 years old, so it wasn't anything new. I still think sometimes if I'd prefer being stupid but happy. The main theme of this book is the relationship between intelligence and happiness. Antoine, the main character, is not a realistic person, but an idealistic one (i.e. he can't

How I Became Stupid...I read this book. Not a good book. Maybe I should've drank wine while it read or worn a beret. I am afraid to post this because what if the fact that I didn't understand it reflects on my infinte depths of my stupidity as an undereducated American, unable to contemplate any thing that is not tangible or realated to beer commercials or sports metaphors. Naaahh!

Despite its consistency and it being in the same arena as Andrew Kaufman's work, this was up and down for me in terms of how much I liked it.There are a fair few quotable bits and the satire is often so on point. However, sometimes it felt sort of unremarkable I guess. But I chalk that up to my reading (and thinking) a lot of similar things already.The last chapter felt unnecessary. Tonally it fitted but content-wise it seemed an odd, out-of-nowhere (view spoiler)[romantic (hide spoiler)]

Yeah, um, what the fuck? I started and promptly finished this book in one evening, it took me something like two hours. Obviously, it must have some redeeming qualities if I finished it in one sitting what those are, though, is still a mystery to me. I love and hate this book simultaneously. Though, hate is too strong a word to use, and automatically garners some form of artistic gravitas; so let me say, I didnt care for it at times. The plot follows a young man named Antoine who, being the