How I Became Stupid

Martin Page

Nov 2004 · Sold by Penguin

3.8

4 reviews

Ebook

176

Pages

Eligible

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

3.8

4 reviews

D Panait

November 3, 2023

Interesting approach of subjects seen from a different angle. It's funny and captivating reading.

Alexandru Chica

January 1, 2016

Witty and weird. Has no ending.

About the author

Martin Page was born in 1975. He is a student of anthropology. This is his first novel.

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