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Loading... Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do Itby Geoff Dyer
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Funny tittle...unfortunately that's where the cleverness ends. (  )Djupstrom | Apr 27, 2008 |   A collection of Dyer’s adventures in various locations, described in a humorous and informal style that makes for compulsive reading. The end of the book leaves you feeling satisfied and yet craving more. Perfect summer reading. (  )cliffagogo | Mar 17, 2007 | Came laden with review of how it was witty, wise and informed. In fact is it a smug, self-conscious slab of would-be chic/downbeat journalism at its worst. The title is the only good thing about it - that gets it its half-star. Putrid. (  )smerus | Dec 29, 2006 | 1  Not quite sure what to think of this book. I enjoyed it and it held my interest. But I guess I kept waiting for something to happen - like for Dyer to grow up. Could be, I just didn't "get it". Worth reading, though. (  )arulba | Sep 2, 2006 | A collection of the gifted English author's travel writing, from Amsterdam to Thailand to North Africa. Bought on the basis of the title alone, and turned out to be quite enjoyable. ( )plaugher | Dec 4, 2005 | 0.065 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375422145, Hardcover)“I have an idea for a self help-book,” I said. “Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It.”“But you can’t be bothered to write it, right?” This isn’t a self-help book, but it is a book about how Geoff Dyer could do with a little help. In mordantly funny and thought-provoking prose, the author of Out of Sheer Rage describes a life most of us would love to live—and how much that life frustrates and aggravates him. From Amsterdam to Cambodia, from Rome to Indonesia, from New Orleans to Libya, from Detroit to Ko Pha-Ngan, Dyer finds himself both floundering about in a sea of grievances and losing himself in moments of transcendental calm. This aberrant quest for peak experience leads, ultimately, to the Zone: to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada where—to quote Tarkovsky’s Stalker—“your most cherished desire will come true.” Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It is a chronicle of how Geoff Dyer learned to feel completely at home in a state of perpetual arrival and departure. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:56 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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