The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World

Merrifield, Andy

ISBN 10: 0802719929 / ISBN 13: 9780802719928

Edité par Bloomsbury USA, 2010

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Synopsis :

A literary ode to peace, presence, and fulfillment inspired by a walk taken with a most surprising creature.

"The demon of speed is often associated with forgetting, with avoidance . . . and slowness with memory and confronting," observes Milan Kundera in his novel Slowness. With that purpose in mind-a search for slowness and tranquility, Andy Merrifield sets out on a journey of the soul with a friend's donkey, Gribouille, to walk amid the ruins and spectacular vistas of southern France's Haute-Auvergne.

As Merrifield contemplates literature, science, truth, and beauty amid the French countryside, Gribouille surprises him with his subtle wisdom, reminding him time and again that enlightenment is all around us if we but seek it.

À propos de l?auteur: Born in Liverpool in 1960, Andy Merrifield taught geography for over a decade in assorted British and American universities. He is the author of four previous books, including biographies of two twentieth-century French philosophers. He now lives and writes in a small rural community in France's Auvergne region.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility ...
Éditeur : Bloomsbury USA
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : very_good