A Real Life: Restoring What Matters: Family, Good Friends, and a True Community - Couverture souple

Máté, Ferenc

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0920256791 ISBN 13 : 9780920256794

Editeur : Albatross, 2012

Synopsis

So begins this heartfelt, laugh-out-loud sequel to Máté's cult classic, A Reasonable Life. He cautions us that as slaves to electronic devices and obsessed with material goods, we are becoming physically inert, intellectually blinkered, and devoid of deep emotion. Our blind lust for gadgets and possessions has displaced true and lasting joys such as our health, creativity, self-reflection, and fulfillment.
How has our unquestioned pursuit of the American dream left us? Financially insecure, estranged from our families, helpless without our wireless toys, overweight, pervasively
depressed and increasingly isolated. But don't despair, a renaissance is underway.
In this new call for genuine, vibrant living, Máté challenges us to re-evaluate the meaning of "success," "security," technological "progress," and how we work, eat, play, and love. With surprising statistics, eye-opening observations, and engaging anecdotes he rekindles in us a love of simple daily life: the forgotten pride and joy of independence, neighborliness, working with our hands, the revitalizing effect of closeness to nature, the irreplaceable value of lifelong friendships, and the enduring rewards of face-to-face conversation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

FERENC MATE was born in Hungary, escaped at the age of eleven, and has lived in Budapest, Vienna, Vancouver, Laguna Beach, New York, Paris and Rome. He is the author of 15 books translated into 14 languages, including New York Times Notable Book A Vineyard in Tuscany and the Dugger/Nello historical sea adventure fiction series. He lives with his family tending their vines and olives in the hills of Tuscany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Albatross
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0920256791
• ISBN 13: 9780920256794
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 285
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible