Survivor and the Endless Gaze, Sallie Tisdale
Survivor and the Endless Gaze, Sallie Tisdale
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Survivor and the Endless Gaze

Author: Sallie Tisdale

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

The author of the acclaimed Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) brings “her singular sensibility, her genius for language, her love of our deeply imperfect world” (Karen Karbo, author of In Praise of Difficult Women) to this insightful exploration of reality TV and the shifting definitions of truth in America.

What is the truth?

In a world of fake news and rampant conspiracy theories, the nature of truth has increasingly blurry borders. In this clever and timely cultural commentary, award-winning author Sallie Tisdale tackles this issue by framing it in a familiar way—reality TV, particularly the long-running CBS show Survivor.

With humor and in-depth superfan analysis, Tisdale explores the distinction between suspended disbelief and true authenticity both in how we watch shows like Survivor, and in how we perceive the world around us. With her “bold and wise, galvanizing and grounding” (Chloe Caldwell, author of I’ll Tell You in Person) writing, Tisdale has created an unputdownable, thoroughly entertaining, and groundbreaking book that we will be talking about for years to come.

About Sallie Tisdale

Sallie Tisdale is the author of several books, including Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love them)Violation, Talk Dirty to MeStepping Westward, and Women of the Way. She has received a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship, the James D. Phelan Literary Award, and was selected for the Shoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writer Series. Her work has appeared in Harper’sThe New YorkerThe Threepenny ReviewThe Antioch ReviewConjunctions, and Tricycle. In addition to her award-winning writing career, Tisdale has been a nurse for many years, including a decade in palliative care. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at SallieTisdale.com.

About Gabra Zackman

Gabra Zackman knows romance. Her clever and “thrilling romantic caper” (Library Journal) Bod Squad series was inspired by the more than one hundred romance and women’s fiction titles she has narrated for audio. She divides her time between her native New York City and Denver, Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

Reading this actually has me less enthusiastic about watching future seasons of Survivor. I already knew or assumed most of what was revealed in this book. I would have enjoyed the book more if the author had kept herself out of the story more than she did. That said, it was still highly entertainin......more

Goodreads review by Alicia

To be fair, I haven't finished this book. I just cannot make myself read any more unless there's financial compensation involved. From the title, I assumed this book was about reality TV in general. It is not. It is very much an extreme dive into the world of Survivor. I've seen a lot of the seasons......more

Goodreads review by Mads

I mostly enjoyed this book. It was a quick read rife with great Survivor moments and popular apocryphal “did you knows?” But there were also moments that left me a little bewildered. It’s clear the author did her homework, but this book would’ve benefited from a “superfan” sensitivity read (superfan......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

Honestly just go on the survivor subreddit for the amount of time you think it would take you to read this book and you’ll probably learn more. It would’ve been so easy for the author to find someone to proof read this for her and fix all her inaccuracies. A couple chapters near the end were really......more