Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a typical business executive now loses sixty-eight hours a year to being put on hold, and American adults currently devote on average a mere half hour per week to making love. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. read this uplifting and enlightening book very soon but do, please, take your time.We live in the age of speed. His advice is too grounded in day-to-day practicality to be guilty of didacticism or whimsy. it is virtually impossible to read Honore's book without deciding to take things, you know, a little slower from now on. "Engaging." * THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, 14 August * Presents an eloquent case for a thorough re-examination of priorities and shows how even subtle shifts in the way we live can have a very real effect on our well-being. a timely manifesto for a more civilised world." * SUNDAY TIMES Culture, 6 August * "Engagingly written and filled with interesting detail. read this uplifting and enlightening book very soon but do, please, take your time * TLS * it is virtually impossible to read Honore's book without deciding to take things, you know, a little slower from now on * IRISH TIMES * Presents an eloquent case for a thorough re-examination of priorities and shows how even subtle shifts in the way we live can have a very real effect on our well-being * GUARDIAN * a timely manifesto for a more civilised world * SUNDAY TIMES * Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9780752864143 Number of pages: 288 Weight: 257 g Dimensions: 197 x 133 x 23 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĮngagingly written and filled with interesting detail. There has never been a better time to embrace the healing power of living slow.
In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, the home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements. International bestselling author Carl Honore uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. Slower is better: better work, better productivity, better exercise, better sex, better food.Īlmost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 1/2 MILLION COPIES SOLD, NOW WITH NEW PREFACEĪcross the western world more and more people are slowing down.
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