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'Brings excellent news for those who, whatever their reasons for doing so, live alone ... Heartening' Anita Brookner, Spectator 'Storr is an incapable of writing an uninteresting paragraph' Sunday Times' How can we find value in spending time alone? Many of the history's geniuses were, by nature or circumstance, often solitary. Beethoven, Beatrix Potter, Henry James, Wittgenstein, Kipling. In this book, acclaimed psychiatrist Dr Anthony Storr explores the psychological value of spending time alone. How can we reconnect with what matters to us outside of our social relationships? How can we find an emotional difference between being alone and being lonely? Insightful and inspiring, this is a book that can help us feel more comfortable spending time alone, and show how to use solitude to focus on our interests, values and creative energies beyond the social sphere.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780006543497
eBay Product ID (ePID)88361946
Product Key Features
Book TitleSolitude
AuthorAnthony Storr
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Psychology
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAnthony Storr
Topic AreaBiological Psychology
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom