Shrinking violets : the secret life of shyness / Joe Moran.

Author: Moran, Joe, 1970- author.

ImprintNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.

Imprint2017

Description272 pages ; 22 cm

Note:"First published in the English language in a different form by Profile Books."--Title page verso.

Note:A tentative history -- This odd state of mind -- How embarrassing -- Tongue-tied -- Stage fright -- Shy art -- The war against shyness -- The new ice age.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.

Note:A deeply perceptive and beautifully written cultural history of shyness, from one of our most astute observers of the everyday.

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