Yoga - From the bestselling author of THE ADVERSARY (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Jonathan Cape
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2022
Authors:	Emmanuel Carrere
Translators:	John Lambert
Dimensions:	222 x 144 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-78733-321-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > Meditation Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General Books > Biography > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > Meditation
LSN:	1-78733-321-3
Barcode:	9781787333215

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