To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories
by Sarah Viren
Buy on AmazonTo Name the Bigger Lie has the page-turning quality of a thriller, but instead of tracking down culprits and solving mysteries, Sarah Viren methodically untangles knotty philosophical tensions in pursuit of what is real. Viren was working on a book about her high school philosophy teacher – a man who trafficked in conspiracy theories – when her wife was anonymously accused of sexually harassing students at Arizona State University. The couple quickly discovered that the complaints were part of a smear campaign by a professional rival of Viren’s. She revised her book project, tracing both men’s lies and how they skewed her understanding of reality.
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"To Name the Bigger Lie has the page-turning quality of a thriller, but instead of tracking down culprits and solving mysteries, Sarah Viren methodically untangles knotty philosophical tensions in pursuit of what is real. Viren was working on a book about her high school philosophy teacher – a man who trafficked in conspiracy theories – when her wife was anonymously accused of sexually harassing students at Arizona State University. The couple quickly discovered that the complaints were part of a smear campaign by a professional rival of Viren’s. She revised her book project, tracing both men’s lies and how they skewed her understanding of reality."
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