The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020.
It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts of ourselves that hope, trust and believe in something better? And how can we stay sane in this world of division?
In this beautifully written and illuminating polemic, Booker Prize nominee Elif Shafak reflects on our age of pessimism, when emotions guide and misguide our politics, and misinformation and fear are the norm.
A tender, uplifting plea for optimism, Shafak draws on her own memories and delves into the power of stories to reveal how writing can nurture democracy, tolerance and progress. And in the process, she answers one of the most urgent questions of our time.
The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020.
It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts of ourselves that hope, trust and believe in something better? And how can we stay sane in this world of division?
In this beautifully written and illuminating polemic, Booker Prize nominee Elif Shafak reflects on our age of pessimism, when emotions guide and misguide our politics, and misinformation and fear are the norm.
A tender, uplifting plea for optimism, Shafak draws on her own memories and delves into the power of stories to reveal how writing can nurture democracy, tolerance and progress. And in the process, she answers one of the most urgent questions of our time.
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author on how staying optimistic can make our world better
Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019, and her work has been translated into more than fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science, is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker. In 2019, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
One of the best writers in the world today
*Hanif Kureishi*
Sharp and elegant ... I did find myself hoping that Facebook and
Like (or whatever they are now called) might one day come across
this little book - and thinking that its calm and generous view of
the world might give them back some part of the optimism that had
greeted their arrival.
*Guardian*
A calmly rational response to extraordinary circumstances ... there
is comfort in having a voice like Shafak's to guide us
*The i Paper*
Insightful and very moving
*Guardian*
A deeply thought-provoking delight
*Independent*
Fortifying and optimistic
*Net-a-Porter Magazine*
One of the most important writers at work today
*Independent*
Shafak's writings are an embodiment of radical remembrance; with
existential fervour, they pull together the past and future to
bring forth a fully realised present that feels all the more
urgent
*Dazed*
PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS:
'Expect vibrant, vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle
Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline, all in Shafak's
haunting, beautiful and considered prose'
*Vanity Fair*
Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative
*The High Low*
Richly uplifting... truly beautiful writing
*Nicola Sturgeon*
Simply magnificent, a truly captivating work of immense power and
beauty, on the essence of life and its end
*Philippe Sands*
A vivid carnival of life and death, cruelty and kindness, love,
politics and deep humanity. Brilliant!
*Helena Kennedy*
Beautifully written ... a complex vision of how emotions interact
with political life
*Lancet*
Beautifully written ... calls for the importance of centring
knowledge, storytelling, empathy, and wisdom in our lives.
*Lancet*
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
