"Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies, " Gore Vidal once observed. It's funny, it's terrible, and it's true. In this provocative and groundbreaking book, Portmann explores this all-too-human foible--what the Germans call "Schadenfreude."
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"Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies, " Gore Vidal once observed. It's funny, it's terrible, and it's true. In this provocative and groundbreaking book, Portmann explores this all-too-human foible--what the Germans call "Schadenfreude."
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by author on endpaper: "All the best to you, Nancy, and thanks very much for inviting me on to your teriffic show! -John". Author's business card laid in. Some wrinkling to the bottom front edge of the DJ.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 264 pages; Signed by Author.