'This is a quite remarkable book, a pleasure to read. Not only is
it clear and informative but also by turns witty, melancholic and
insightful. The book is astonishingly erudite, but wears this
learning so lightly and so charmingly that it is both easy and
gripping to read.' Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of
London Penelope waits by her loom for Odysseus, Vladimir and
Estragon wait for Godot, all of us have to wait: for buses, phone
calls and the kettle to boil. But do we know what the checking of
one's watch and pacing back and forth is really all about? What is
the relationship between waiting and time? Is there an ethics of
waiting, or even an art of waiting? Do the internet, online
shopping and text messaging mean that waiting has come to an end?
On Waiting explores such and similar questions in compelling
fashion. Drawing on some fascinating examples, from the philosopher
Henri Bergson's musings on a lump of sugar to Kate Croy waiting in
Wings of the Dove to the writings of Rilke, Bishop, and Carver, On
Waiting examines this ever-present yet overlooked phenomenon from
diverse angles in fascinating style. On Waiting is the first book
to present a philosophy of waiting. Philosophy/Literature
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