Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing
Author(s): Tim Parks
Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, he confronts hard truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the hectic modern world and his life as a writer. Teach Us To Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of Tim Parks' quest to overcome ill health.
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"A small triumph of narrative artistry, luxuriantly written and full of bone-dry humor." The Spectator
"A searingly honest, viscerally vivid, darkly comic self-examination of the connections between writing, personality and health." David Lodge
"A mystery story written with extraordinary nerve and eloquence...The result is harrowing, mordant and unforgettable." David Shields
General Fields
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- : Vintage
- : Vintage
- : 30 April 2011
- : 01 August 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Tim Parks
- : 352