Skip to product information
1 of 1

The Pleasures of Leisure

The Pleasures of Leisure

By Robert Dessaix

Hardback | ISBN 9780143780045

Regular price $29.99 AUD
Regular price Sale price $29.99 AUD

Condition: New
Sale
GST included. Shipping calculated at checkout.
Condition

'To play is to be master of your time'- Robert Dessaix's guide to work and play in the twenty-first century.

In today's crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us lack a talent for it. We are working longer hours, consuming more than ever before; technology erodes the work-life balance further; increasingly, people feel that only work gives existence meaning. In a world where time is money, what is the value of walking without purpose, socialising without networking, nesting when we could be on our laptops?

Robert Dessaix shows, in this thoughtful and witty book, how taking leisure seriously gives us back our freedom - to enjoy life, to revel in it, in fact; to deepen our sense of who we are as human beings. He explains how we can reclaim our right to 'rest well', and to loaf, groom, nest and play, as he looks at leisure from many angles- reading, walking, travelling, learning languages, taking siestas and simply doing nothing. The result is a terrifically lively and engaging conversation that reminds us that at leisure we are at our most intensely and pleasurably human.

GIFT WRAPPING

Gift Wrapping available. Select the Gift Wrap option in your cart prior to checkout.

BOOK DETAILS

Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780143780045
Publish/Release date:
Publisher: Random House Australia
Number of pages: 224
Width (mm): 141
Height (mm): 217
Depth (mm): 24

View full details

Gift Vouchers and Curated Book Recommendations