In Praise of Laziness and Other Essays
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- Synopsis
- A cross between a collection of philosophical investigations and idle banter, In Praise of Laziness and Other Essays, is a celebration of what Milan Kundera defined as &‘Mystification: the active form of refusing to take the world seriously&’. From an Erasmian encomium to laziness, a literary forensic report on the adult years of Sukumar Ray&’s Pagla Dashu and Mark Twain&’s Huckleberry Finn, the joys of staying indoors, to the exquisite pleasures of an electric blanket—and with a science fiction story on colonisation bunged in—this book is the equivalent of a meandering river in which the reader dips his or her toes in, not knowing whether a dolphin will come by or a piranha take a snap. This is a book that&’s equal parts serious as well as frivolous, except you never quite know which parts are which.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 168 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9788194643081
- Related ISBNs:
- 9788194643050
- Publisher:
- S&S India
- Date of Addition:
- 12/19/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Indrajit Hazra
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Humor
- Grade Levels:
- Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student
- Reading Age:
- 16 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.