Varieties Of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide To Our Somber Moods
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| Item#: | 9781912891603 |
| Author | The School Of Life |
| On Hand | 1 |
An insightful and consoling guide to the melancholic state of mind.
This is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. Melancholy isn’t depression, rage, or bitterness. It’s a serene, wise, and kindly response to the difficulties of being alive. It helps us navigate a wise and rational middle ground between extreme despair and naïve optimism.
But melancholy is a well-kept secret. It isn't celebrated or recommended. It remains relatively unexplored in a hyper-competitive, noisy, frantic age.
This book carefully collects and interprets a wide range of universally recognizable forms of melancholy, rendering us less confused by our precious yet elusive feelings. We discover everything from the melancholy of a Sunday evening and the melancholy of adolescence to the melancholy of parties and the infatuated melancholy of having a crush.
Offering a rich and varied portrait of melancholy and its range of emotions, this book leads the reader toward deeper insight, more authentic acceptance, and more honest self-compassion.
"A insightful guide into the melancholic state of mind. It details the various types of melancholy as well as the different states of mind. It was such an interesting read and look into melancholy. Filled with artwork, photos, and explanations, and just a really great consoling guide." – NetGalley review
"Finally! An incredibly well written book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy." – NetGalley review
"An amazing self help book ... if you are not a melancholic in nature you will still connect to the book as at some point of time in your life you have felt the emotions of melancholy." – NetGalley review