Effort is Overrated: Zen Parables from the Eightfold Matrix - Couverture souple

Habitable Moons Press

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798247645696

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Effort Is Overrated is a collection of sixty-four short parables, each piece using ordinary objects, quiet absurdities, and moral misfires to question the modern habit of treating strain as proof of worth. Interspersed throughout the book are stark, woodcut-style illustrations that echo the parables’ restraint, using simple forms and deliberate contrast to reinforce the humor and underlying tension of each piece. Written in a dry, humane voice that favors clarity over consolation, the book explores work, attention, identity, and virtue without offering instructions or improvement plans, allowing humor and paradox to do the work instead. The result is a compact, reflective volume meant to be read slowly, opened at random, or returned to whenever the urge to justify exhaustion begins to feel suspicious.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798247645696
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg