The Pleasures of Leisure
$25.17
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2023
Summary
Robert Dessaix’s guide to work and play in the 21st century.
“Almost everybody I know has done it at least once. Some of my friends indulge on a regular basis. Women seem especially susceptible to giving it a go. I’ve been at it since I was at least five. What on earth do we imagine we’re doing?”
Many of us lack a talent for leisure. We are working longer hours as we consume more than ever before, and as new forms of technology erode the work-life balance. And yet, we often fe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143780052 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143780050 |
| Author: | Robert Dessaix |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 291mm x 179mm |
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About The Author
Robert Dessaix
Robert Dessaix is a writer of fiction, autobiography and the occasional essay. From 1985 to 1995, after teaching Russian language and literature for many years at the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales, he presented the weekly Books and Writing program on ABC Radio National. In more recent years he has also presented radio series on Australian public intellectuals and great travellers in history, as well as regular programs on language. His best-known books, all translated into several European languages, are his autobiography A Mother’s Disgrace; the novels Night Letters and Corfu; a collection of essays and short stories (and so forth); and the travel memoirs Twilight of Love and Arabesques. In 2012 he published the collection of originally spoken pieces As I Was Saying, and in 2014 the meditation What Days Are For. A full-time writer since 1995, Robert Dessaix lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
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