Ross Gay
Book of Delights: The life-affirming New York Times bestseller
Book of Delights: The life-affirming New York Times bestseller
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The Book of Delights is a collection of short lyric essays written daily over a tumultuous year, celebrating the beauty of the natural world and the rewards of a life closely observed. It is a powerful and necessary reminder that we can and should stake out a space in our lives for delight.
\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 08 September 2020
\n Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
As heard on NPR's "This American Life," The Book of Delights is a spirited collection of short lyric essays written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders.
Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an aeroplane, the silent nod of acknowledgement between the only two black people in a room. But Gay never dismisses the complexities, even the terrors, of living in America as a black man or the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture or the loss of those he loves. More than anything other subject, though, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world—his garden, the flowers peeking out of the sidewalk, the hypnotic movements of a praying mantis.
The Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can and should stake out a space in our lives for delight.
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These charming, digressive essayettes surprise and challenge more than a reader might expect. Experiences of delight, recorded daily for a year, vary widely but yield revealing patterns through insights about everything from nature and the body to race and masculinity.
New Yorker Pure balm for your soul. Savor one at a time every morning, this summer, or wolf them all down en masse on a gorgeous sunny day.
Celeste Ng A reminder of what the personal essay can be.
\n Weight: 202g\n
Dimension: 196 x 160 x 23 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781529349771\n \n
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