Silence: In the Age of Noise
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XK5812S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 503 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His book pulls you into its mystery.(With full-color photographs throughout.) . He shows us the unexpected places where it sits—on the dance floor, in the shower, in the pause between musical notes, on a mossy rock—and how silence opens doors to wonder and gratitude. What is silence? Where is it? How do we create it? These are the starting points for ErlingKagge's journey, an adventure that allows him to recount his own experiences (he once spent 50 days walking solo in Antarctica without radio contact) and to discuss the observations of other poets, artists, and explorers. In this compact and astonishing meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence each of us must create. A transformative account of an experience that is essential for our sanity and our happiness.There is a solution
ERLING KAGGE is a Norwegian explorer, author, publisher, and father of three teenage girls. He was the first person to walk alone on the South Pole, and he was also the first to reach the "three poles"--North, South, and the summit of Mount Everest. . He has written six books on exploration, phi
Drawing on the experiences of Kagge’s extraordinary life in wild places, this is a book of great concentration” —Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways“The book expands the concepts of silence and noise beyond their aural definitions and engages with modern culture’s information overload, need for constant connection, and cult of busyness….Great pleasure lies in Kagge’s creative investigations. “Silence braces a space within which we can hear ourselves think. The reader leaves more mindful of the swirl of distraction present in everyday life.” —Publishers Weekly. Quietly, wisely, it makes a case for dumbing the din of modern life, and learning to listen again