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Title	:	How I Became Stupid
Author	:	Martin Page
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe 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

Martin Page

Paperback | Pages: 160 pages

Rating: 3.39 | 9002 Users | 918 Reviews

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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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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

A hideous reading! We have a main character utterly anguished by his so called intelligence - never and nowhere properly described. And some fucked up issue ('Oh! My intelligence hurts so much!')to be solved with incredibly stupid solutions. The choices he makes to become stupid are so idiotic and trivial, it's impossible to believe that a decent (not necessarily very intelligent) human being might see some logic in them. Any hope for this writing to be somewhat cleaner is knocked out by cliches

one of the best concepts ever... intelligent guy decides the reason he's miserable is because he's TOO intelligent, so decides to become stupid. HOWEVER, much like the shitty films of M. Night Shyamalan, it fails to live up to the brilliance of its premise. I wish I could tell you specific reasons why I ended up flinging it at the wall, but I've shut it out to make way for more useful things in my brain.

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!

A book which kept me engaged almost near it's finish. Except for the final chapter, I enjoyed the sarcastic spirit used to depict the main theme of the book, while managing to make me feel compassion for Antoine. A light read, tackling a heavy topic.

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)]