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    The Books Briefing: The Wellness Dystopia

    Works that unpack the dubious connection between consumption and health: Your weekly guide to the best in books
    by Kate Cray May 21, 2021 2 minutes
    Source: Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty

    In the author Chang-rae Lee’s novel , a man travels to China to peddle a dubiously effective but very addictive health drink to wellness-obsessed consumers. The story is fiction, but the desire to buy your way to health is real. Think of the popularity of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop brand, which has grown into an empire complete with a TV show and a series of. The genius of Lee’s novel is in how it reveals the unhealthiness of that idea, exposing to consume.

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