What is silence?
Where can it be found?
Why is it now more important than ever?
In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence we must create. By recounting his own experiences and discussing the observations of poets, artists, and explorers, Kagge shows us why silence is essential to sanity and happiness—and how it can open doors to wonder and gratitude.
(With full-color photographs throughout.)
- ISBN10 1524733237
- ISBN13 9781524733230
- Publish Date 21 November 2017 (first published 28 September 2017)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Pantheon
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781524733230