The Half Known Life
Autor Pico Iyeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 ian 2023
Într-o epocă marcată de fragmentare și zgomot constant, ne-am obișnuit să căutăm refugiul în destinații îndepărtate, sperând că „paradisul” este un punct geografic precis. În The Half Known Life, ne-a atras atenția modul în care Pico Iyer răstoarnă această premisă, transformând literatura de călătorie într-o meditație profundă asupra modului în care putem coabita cu dificultățile lumii moderne. Autorul nu ne propune o evadare, ci o imersiune în locuri unde frumusețea și conflictul coexistă, de la templele din Japonia până la tensiunile din Coreea de Nord sau Iran. Subliniem finețea cu care Iyer explorează dualitatea utopiei. Complementar volumului The Global Soul, unde același autor se concentra pe definiția căminului într-o lume aflată în mișcare permanentă, The Half Known Life explorează dimensiunea spirituală a așezării noastre în lume. Dacă în lucrările anterioare, precum The Art of Stillness, Iyer pleda pentru valoarea nemișcării, aici el revine pe drum, dar cu o perspectivă maturizată: paradisul nu este absența suferinței, ci capacitatea de a găsi liniștea chiar în mijlocul ei. Stilul său este unul liric, dar ancorat în realități geopolitice dure, oferind o structură narativă care pendulează între observația jurnalistică și eseul metafizic. Recomandăm această lectură pentru ritmul său contemplativ, care obligă cititorul să încetinească și să reevalueze ce înseamnă, de fapt, o viață împlinită într-un peisaj global tot mai divizat.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0593543963
Pagini: 225
Dimensiuni: 143 x 209 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Penguin LLC US
Colecția Riverhead Books
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte oricui simte nevoia unei busole spirituale într-o lume haotică. The Half Known Life nu este un ghid turistic, ci o invitație de a descoperi pacea interioară fără a ignora realitățile dure ale prezentului. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă rară asupra modului în care diferite culturi definesc fericirea, învățând că paradisul poate fi găsit aici și acum, prin simpla schimbare a modului în care privim lumea.
Despre autor
Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer, cunoscut sub numele de Pico Iyer, este un eseist și romancier britanic de origine indiană, recunoscut drept unul dintre cei mai fini observatori ai culturilor hibride. Cu o carieră de peste trei decenii ca și colaborator pentru Time, Harper's și The New York Times, Iyer a explorat teme precum globalismul, budismul și spiritualitatea în numeroase volume apreciate, printre care The Global Soul și The Lady and the Monk. Stabilit în Japonia, el combină rigoarea intelectuală cu sensibilitatea pelerinului, fiind o voce esențială în literatura contemporană de călătorie și reflecție.
Descriere scurtă
"Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul…A masterpiece." - #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert
Paradise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed only after death; for others, it's in our midst-or just across the ocean-if only we can find eyes to see it.
Traveling from Iran to North Korea, from the Dalai Lama's Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld - or can it be found in the here and now?
For almost fifty years Iyer has been roaming the world, mixing a global soul's delight in observing cultures with a pilgrim's readiness to be transformed. In this culminating work, he brings together the outer world and the inner to offer us a surprising, original, often beautiful exploration of how we might come upon paradise in the midst of our very real lives.
Descriere
'Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul ... A masterpiece' Elizabeth Gilbert
'A work of spiritual evolution [and] inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors' Washington Post
One of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an exploration of the world's holiest places and where we might find paradise on Earth.
It's so easy, I thought, to place Paradise in the past or the future - anywhere but here.
After half a century of travel, Pico Iyer asks himself what kind of paradise can ever be found in a world of unceasing conflict. In a spectacular journey, both inward and outward, he roams the globe from Jerusalem to Belfast to North Korea, from crowded mosques in Iran to a holy mountain in Japan. By the end, he has upended any of our expectations and dared to suggest that we can find paradise right in the heart of our angry and confused world.
Recenzii
Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul. Filled with hope, wisdom, and extraordinary tenderness, this is a book not only for the ages, but for our very specific, very troubled age. A masterpiece.
In elegant and ecstatic prose, Pico Iyer uncovers our wonderful capacity for hope, wearing his erudition so lightly. I was revitalised by this book
Iyer shares Graham Greene's gift for the enthralling sentence, and can be a charming and perceptive companion . . . He reminds us that the key to good travel writing lies in the discrepancy between what you expect of a country and what you get. And at an even more primal level, he makes you want to go to the countries themselves
To step into The Half Known Life feels both a privilege and a necessity . . . Iyer is more than a guide or a compatriot in an unfamiliar land: in the inward journey to lucidity he is a companion of our own searching minds
I defy anyone to read this profound travelogue and not immediately start reading it again. If there is a "paradise of words", this is it
A wise, immaculately written achievement that could only be contemplated after a lifetime of travel and reading and pondering. Reading The Half Known Life is to yield to the most invigorating and thought-provoking meditation.
Thoughtful . . . Iyer comes across as that finest of all personality types, the pragmatic idealist ... There's a lovely patience in evidence here; he is calm, reasonable and curious
Iyer has done the impossible with this book . . . This is a singular offering of magnetic story, deep thinking, truth telling and spiritual refreshment for our tumultuous young century
I really really enjoyed the book
Even as Iyer takes you around the world, he remains a most faithful companion to the spirit of that ultimate journey into uncharted territories-our inner selves . . . The Half Known Life is a vigorous quest for the paradise within
Iyer's chronicle, which begins with an appreciation of the sophistication, beauty and culture of Iran, becomes a requiem for a world - and an existence - estranged from itself . . . His book has the ring of a classic Buddhist meditation strategy
Thought-provoking . . . Iyer has an acutely observant eye for the telling detail and a delicious turn of phrase
Reading Mr Iyer's book in the depth of winter, in a troubled world, it's heartening to think that paradise-or at least a glimpse of it-might be available from where we sit
A masterful merging of Iyer's past and current concerns, a book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors
Iyer's prose is elegant and never hurried as it roams like a travelling mind . . . He comes to his destinations with years of learned erudition and yet seemingly without expectations . . . It may be Iyer's unique positioning that makes The Half Known Life so much of this moment, in a world reeling from a devastating pandemic as well as lasting divisons
Humming with wisdom and a profound appreciation of nature's inherent contradictions, Pico Iyer's meditation on paradise-where it is, what it means, if it can be found on Earth-is much more than a diary of his country-spanning travels. It's a work of philosophy, probing the scientific and the spiritual to understand why the most beautiful places often become such sources of pain, and how paradise might be re-discovered
Iyer's smooth, intelligent yet elegant prose style makes this an enjoyable and often thought-provoking read
Everywhere Pico Iyer travels his keen vision allows him to see both ravishing beauty and profound flaws
From one of the most perceptive writers of our times, this one brings forth a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Could there be anything better to pick at the start of the year?
Iyer flexes his remarkable skill of reading between the lines of passing conversations to extract profound meaning and draw connections between disparate places across the world . . . He does provide hours of thought-provoking meditations on what it means to speak of paradise
Mesmering . . . riveting . . . revelatory . . . Iyer poetically depicts the otherworldly beauty of these places while trenchantly examining the paradox of utopia
Iyer is the loveliest of writers, a person whose prose is in harmony with the man himself: sharp-minded, witty, benevolent, wise, and never for a second ponderous or spiritually meretricious. To read Iyer, initially, is to entertain ourselves, and then, well, the rest is up to you
Iyer travels the globe-from Iran to Kashmir to Japan to Northern Ireland-to demystify how different communities perceive eternal happiness, and how their quest to achieve it manifests in the face of political, social, and environmental instability. The result is a lyrical, if paradoxical, meditation on a fervent pursuit for happiness that often feels out of reach