In Praise of Slow

DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY.

Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives.

Carl Honor uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements.

“"Readable and persuasive... it is virtually impossible to read Honore's book without deciding to take things, you know, a little slower from now on."”

Engagingly written and filled with interesting detail... a timely manifesto for a more civilised world. - SUNDAY TIMES Culture, 6 August

Presents an eloquent case for a thorough re-examination of priorities and shows how even subtle shifts in the way we live can have a very real effect on our well-being. - THE GUARDIAN, 20 August

Engaging. - THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, 14 August

Readable and persuasive... it is virtually impossible to read Honore's book without deciding to take things, you know, a little slower from now on. - THE IRISH TIMES, 27 August

His advice is too grounded in day-to-day practicality to be guilty of didacticism or whimsy... read this uplifting and enlightening book very soon; but do, please, take your time. - TLS, 30 Sept

Carl Honor was born in 1967 and is a freelance journalist based in London. Author of the bestselling IN PRAISE OF SLOW and UNDER PRESSURE, he has written for the ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NATIONAL POST and the HOUSTON CHRONICLE.

DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY.Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives. Carl Honor uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements.

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