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Solitude: A Return to the Self

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780743280747 Author(s): Anthony Storr Format: Paperback Year: 2005 Publisher: Free Press Dimensions: 140 x 215 x 15 (w x l x h) Pages: 216

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Description: Originally published in 1988, Anthony Storr's enlightening meditation on the creative individual's need for solitude has become a classic.

"Solitude" was seminal in challenging the established belief that "interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness." Indeed, most self-help literature still places relationships at the center of human existence. Lucid and lyrical, Storr's book cites numerous examples of brilliant scholars and artists — from Beethoven and Kant to Anne Sexton and Beatrix Potter — to demonstrate that solitude ranks alongside relationships in its impact on an individual's well-being and productivity, as well as on society's progress and health. But solitary activity is essential not only for geniuses, says Storr; the average person, too, is enriched by spending time alone.

For fifteen years, readers have found inspiration and renewal in Storr's erudite, compassionate vision of human experience.

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