The Tricky Art of Doing Next to Nothing
Publisher
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Denoël
Parution date
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EAN
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9782207261002
Number of pages
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333
Description
***Italian rights sold***
***Translation sample available***
With sharp humor and genuine wisdom, Denis Grozdanovitch brings us the perfect antidote to our restless modern life, in which doing nothing has become a luxury.
Our lives have become so busy, so fraught with “essential” activities such as being consumers and watching or participating in sports that have become splashy, costly events that we no longer know how to relax and truly enjoy ourselves. Grozdanovitch provides some serious, but not solemn, advice on how to slow down and reminds us to appreciate the world around us. Reading forgotten authors, playing tennis without paying attention to the score, standing still and staring at any bit of nature—these are part of Grozdanovitch’s recipe for leaving behind the current crazes and dubious ideals of our overextended society.
The Tricky Art of Doing Next to Nothing is reminiscent of Pierre Bayard’s How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read, but with the emphasis on life rather than literature.
Author
Denis Grozdanovitch : Denis Grozdanovitch is a most unusual character: at once a respected scholar and a professional athlete, he won France’s national championships in tennis, squash, and jeu de paume. His Little Treaty Upon Being Carefree (Petit traité de désinvolture), published in 2002 at Éditions José Corti, became a cult hit in France, where it sold more than 50,000 copies. He has been a prolific writer ever since, and he won the 2005 Prix Initiales for Rêveurs et nageurs (José Corti) and the 2006 Prix Grand Chosier for Brefs aperçus sur l’éternel féminin (Robert Laffont).
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