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A Book of Silence (Hardcover)

By: Sara Maitland (Author)

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"[Maitland's] reflections on experiencing the solitary sublime do not close the narrative, however, but rather open it, as if breaching the levees of dammed-up communication, as the book explodes into a panoramic dissertation extending to, among much else, the accounts of solo seafarers and adventurers; silence in myth and literature; the sounds of silence in nature and music; the astronomy, physiology, and psychology of silence; silence in mysticism and religion."

" [B]rilliant....It's difficult to convey the thrill of A BOOK OF SILENCE, an adventure story that doesn't involve roaring crowds or screaming headlines...and yet is every bit as awe-inspiring, death-defying and mind-blowing as any trip up Everest. Rarely have I been so amazed at the splendor of a new landscape unfolding before my eyes, and felt so tense wondering what was going to happen as this intrepid writer pushed her way across the pages."

"Maitland writes engagingly....There are many beautiful descriptions of how silence changes the quality of her engagement with looking at the natural world."

Publisher's note

An award-winning fiction author describes her discovery of her love of silence, recounting her experiences in the quiet of the Sinai desert, the Scottish hills, and the Isle of Skye, and also discusses the religious and mystical significance of silence.

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One might expect a book about the relentless search for quiet to be somewhat soporific, but Sara Maitland shows that finding silence in the cacophonous modern world can be a gripping adventure. In this engrossing and exhilarating memoir, Sara Maitland details her treacherous travels in search of silence, from the Sinai Desert to the Isle of Skye, eventually taking her to an uninhabited Scottish moor in Galloway. Maitland not only describes her own extraordinary quiet insights, but analyzes the place of silence in myth, religion, and popular culture.

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