Solitude in pursuit of a singular life in a crowded world
"Today, society embraces sharing like never before. Fueled by our dependence on mobile devices and social media, we have created an ecosystem of obsessive connection. Many of us now lead lives of strangely crowded isolation: we are always linked, but only shallowly so. The capacity to be alone,...
| Main Author: | Harris, Michael, 1980- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The dark-born magic
- The uses of solitude
- All together now
- What is solitude for?
- Bolt from the blue
- The wandering mind
- Daydream destroyers
- Who do you think you are?
- Style
- You have to taste this
- Stranger in a strange land
- A walk in the wilds
- Knowing others
- Social stories
- Love letters
- The failing body
- The cabin in the woods.