Format:
Book
Author:
Rosenbloom, Stephanie, author.
Title:
Alone time : four seasons, four cities, and the pleasures of solitude / Stephanie Rosenbloom.
Publisher, Date:
New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
Description:
272 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Considers how being alone as a traveller--and even in one's own city--is conducive to becoming acutely aware of the sensual details of the world--patterns, textures, colors, tastes, sounds--in ways that are difficult to do in the company of others. Alone Time is divided into four parts, each set in a different city, in a different season, in a single year. The destinations--Paris, Istanbul, Florence, New York--are all pedestrian-friendly, allowing travelers to slow down and appreciate casual pleasures instead of hurtling through museums and posting photos to Instagram. Each section spotlights a different theme associated with the joys and benefits of time alone and how it can enable people to enrich their lives--facilitating creativity, learning, self-reliance, as well as the ability to experiment and change. Explores such topics as dining alone, learning to savor, discovering interests and passions, and finding or creating silent spaces.
Subjects:
Rosenbloom, Stephanie -- Travel.
Travelers -- Psychology.
Solitude.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272).
LCCN:
2018011925
ISBN:
9780399562303 (hardback)
0399562303 (hardback)
Other Number:
1006810438
System Availability:
4
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3611372
Call Number:
910.401/9
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
4