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Oh, if there were someone to tell us the history of that subtle
feeling called solitude, mused the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
In The Greatest Escape, David Balcom answers that call, showing
that solitude is an inevitable--yet vital and exciting--facet of
our existence with a long, tumultuous past. He travels back in time
to trace the spirit flights of shamans; wanders in the mountains of
China, listening to the poetry of recluse scholars; visits the
forests of India to participate in the dialogues of ancient sages;
explores the wisdom of early Greek philosophers, Christian hermits,
and Sufi mystics; and illuminates the role of solitude in the lives
and writings of modern poets and intellectuals from Petrarch to
Thoreau. Covering a broad swath of history, Balcom introduces us to
powers and resources in solitude that are drowned in the clamor of
modern life. He concludes that the experience of solitude can be
creative, joyful, enlightening, sometimes all three at once--and
that the perennial fruits of solitude are open to everyone. Here,
he writes, is an apology for and a guide to the greatest of all
escapes.
"Oh, if there were someone to tell us the history of that subtle
feeling called solitude," mused the philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche. In "The Greatest Escape, " David Balcom answers that
call, showing that solitude is an inevitable--yet vital and
exciting--facet of our existence with a long, tumultuous past. He
travels back in time to trace the spirit flights of shamans;
wanders in the mountains of China, listening to the poetry of
recluse scholars; visits the forests of India to participate in the
dialogues of ancient sages; explores the wisdom of early Greek
philosophers, Christian hermits, and Sufi mystics; and illuminates
the role of solitude in the lives and writings of modern poets and
intellectuals from Petrarch to Thoreau. Covering a broad swath of
history, Balcom introduces us to powers and resources in solitude
that are drowned in the clamor of modern life. He concludes that
the experience of solitude can be creative, joyful, enlightening,
sometimes all three at once--and that the perennial "fruits of
solitude" are open to everyone. "Here," he writes, "is an apology
for and a guide to the greatest of all escapes."
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