Escape Everything!
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Escape Everything! by Robert Wringham
We are all trapped by modern life. Trapped Trapped by work, consumerism, stress, debt, isolationism and general unhappiness.We will each spend an average of 87,000 hours at work before we die. We will spend another 5,000 hours getting to and from work and countless more preparing for work. Worrying about work. Recovering from work.
The majority of us hate our jobs. But without work, we can't buy all the things we've been told we should want and need, so around we go.
Through the pages of>New Escapologist>magazine, Robert Wringham has been studiously examining the traps of modern life, questioning where our commitment to them stems from and why we are so unable to break free.
Taking inspiration from the great Escapologist Harry Houdini - who escaped from jail cells, straitjackets, and even the innards of a dead whale - Wringham applies Houdini's feats as a metaphor for real life, proposing the principle of Escapology as a way to cut loose our shackles.
Become a modern-day Escapologist and freedom and happiness might be possible after all.
Robert Wringham is a writer and performer who lives in Glasgow and Montreal. He is the founder of New Escapologist, a small-press magazine and website about work and the good life. Wringham’s first book, You Are Nothing, was published in 2012. His second, A Loose Egg, was shortlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour. His third was first published as Escape Everything! by Unbound in 2016. It was a surprise hit in translation, which led to The Good Life for Wage Slaves in 2020.
www.wringham.co.uk
@rubberwringham
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781783521333 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783521333 |
| Titel | Escape Everything! |
| Autor | Robert Wringham |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Unbound |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2016-01-28 |
| Seitenanzahl | 256 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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