Yoga : From the bestselling author of THE ADVERSARY Hardback
by Emmanuel Carrere
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This is a book about yoga. Or at least, it was. January 2015. High on literary success and familial bliss, Emmanuel Carrere embarks on a rigorous ten-day meditative retreat in rural France in search of clarity and material for his next book, which he thinks will be a subtle, upbeat introduction to yoga.
But his trip is cut short, and he is brought down to earth with a thud as he returns to a Paris in turmoil in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack.
From then on, Carrere's life begins to unravel, along with his novel-in-progress.
He is diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder and is sectioned to a psychiatric hospital for a four-month stint, where he is subject to electroshock therapy.
His marriage crumbles, he is struck by grief at the death of a close friend and is haunted by a love affair with a mysterious woman who disappeared from his life.
Pushed to the edge of sanity and forced to reckon with his identity as a man and a writer, Carrere sets out on a life of action instead of meditation.
This is a book that embraces the Yin and Yang of life: the pull between life and death, desire and despair, presence and absence, fight and flight.
It is a book about a world and a man in tumult, and about how surprisingly far practising meditation - and writing about it - can take us in life.
With raw honesty and humour, YOGA gives us the self-portrait of a man struggling to live with himself and others, by one of our greatest and most surprising international writers.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:02/06/2022
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- ISBN:9781787333215
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:02/06/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781787333215