The Sweetness of Life by Fran?oise H?ritier (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Sweetness of Life by Françoise Héritier If you assume an average life expectancy of 85 years, and deduct the hours we spend daily on sleeping, shopping, eating, working, tending to our relationships and on everything else that is obligatory, then how much time is left for the average person to enjoy those activities that are the sweetness of life? This book deals with this questions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This beautiful list of the daily moments that make life worth living asks us to reconnect with a different sense of worthIf you assume an average life expectancy of 85 years, and deduct the hours we spend daily on sleeping, shopping, eating, working, tending to our relationships and on everything else that is obligatory, then how much time is left for the average person to enjoy those activities that are the sweetness of life? For Fran oise Heritier, it is those activities, those moments that make up pure sensuality, the actual experience of humanity. These are the moments we all cherish- wild laughter, coffee in the sun, the bliss of fresh autumn evenings, running in warm rain, long conversations at twilight, kisses on the back of the neck, the moment when all nature falls silent.What about you, what would you miss if all this had to disappear from your life forever? Author Biography Fran oise Heritier, an anthropologist, is Emeritus Professor at the College de France and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. She is the author of such highly successful works as Masculin/feminin and De la violence, translated into more than ten languages. Le Sel de la Vie (translated into English as The Sweetness of Life) is a French bestseller. Review A series of perceptions, sensations, eddies, and happiness of writing that gives a real intensity to the existence . . . a true wonder -- Laure Adler Promotional Whatever you love, this book is an invitation to cherish the lightness and grace of existence; to taste fully the joy of being alive. Review Text A series of perceptions, sensations, eddies, and happiness of writing that gives a real intensity to the existence . . . a true wonder Review Quote A series of perceptions, sensations, eddies, and happiness of writing that gives a real intensity to the existence . . . a true wonder Promotional "Headline" Whatever you love, this book is an invitation to cherish the lightness and grace of existence; to taste fully the joy of being alive. Details ISBN0718198832 Year 2014 ISBN-10 0718198832 ISBN-13 9780718198831 Format Paperback Pages 96 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date 2014-06-26 Media Book Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 158.1 Translated from French Language English UK Release Date 2014-06-26 Edited by Tore Rem Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Author Françoise Héritier Alternative 9781846147005 Audience General NZ Release Date 2014-11-18 AU Release Date 2014-11-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:80481280;

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