Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing

Informationen zum Autor Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan. Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa , A Season with Verona , Teach Us to Sit Still , Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccolò Machiavelli. Klappentext TEACH US TO SIT STILL is the visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of Tim Parks' quest to overcome ill health. Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, he confronts hard truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the hectic modern world and his life as a writer. Most of us will fall ill at some point; few will describe that journey with the same verve, insight and radiant intelligence as Tim Parks. Captivating and inspiring, ... Zusammenfassung A revelatory read with delightful cultural and literary references, Teach us to Sit Still by Booker-shortlisted author Tim Parks examines how the philosophy of 'sit still, relax and stop worrying' can be profoundly life-altering. ‘Teach us to Sit Still made me laugh;

Product details

• Authors: Tim Parks
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780099548881
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954888-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Heilung, Entspannung, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Coping with illness and specific health conditions, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization