Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning.
Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation.
Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781786897633 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Whyte, David, INTRODUCTION BY Popova, Maria | |
| PUBLISHER : Canongate Books | PUBLICATION DATE : November 07, 2019 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Canongate Books |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Hardback | |
WEIGHT : 301 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Philosophy & Religion
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