The Flame of Attention by Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Flame of Attention by Jiddu Krishnamurti

A Best Book of January at O, The Oprah Magazine
A Best Book of the Year at The Guardian, The Times (London), and The Irish Times

Moss] writes beautifully about . . . souls in tumult, about people whose lives have not turned out the way they'd hoped . . . There's little doubt, reading Moss, that you're in the hands of a sophisticated and gifted writer. --Dwight Garner, The New York Times

The acclaimed author of Ghost Wall offers a new, devastating, masterful novel of subtle menace.

They rarely speak to one another, but they do take notice--watching from the safety of the park's rented cabins, peering into the half-lit drizzle of a Scottish summer day, forming judgments based on what little they know of their temporary neighbors. It is the longest day of the year, and as the hours pass nearly imperceptibly, twelve people shift from being strangers, to bystanders, to allies--their idle curiosity sparked into action as tragedy sneaks into their lives.

At daylight, a mother races up the mountain, fleeing into her precious hour of solitude. A retired man studies her return as he reminisces about the park's better days. A young woman, weary of her attentive boyfriend, distracts herself with speculation about their neighbor's politics. Alone in a kayak on the dark waters of the loch, a teenage boy escapes the infuriating scrutiny of his family. This cascade of perspectives runs through the community as each inhabitant begins to focus on one particular family that doesn't belong. Nightfall brings an irrevocable turn.

From Sarah Moss, the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall--a riveting (Alyson Hagy, The New York Times Book Review), sharp tale of suspense (Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker)--Summerwater is a devastating, masterful novel of subtle menace, a searing exploration of our capacity for kinship and cruelty, and a gorgeous evocation of the natural world as it changes around us, bearing constant witness to our choices.

Krishnamurti, Jiddu: - Jiddu Krishnamurti lived from 1895 to 1986, and is regarded as one of the greatest philosophical and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. He was first discovered by the Theosophists on a beach in South India in 1910 at the age of 13 and was educated to be the new World Teacher for the ages. Then he took an extraordinary turn. In 1929, at one of the enormous annual European gatherings of the Theosophists in Holland, he announced his decision to step down from any formal role to promote him as a World Teacher, resigned as figure head of the Theosophists, and cut all ties to any notion of a religious or spiritual organization.Krishnamurti claimed no allegiance to any caste, nationality or religion and was bound by no tradition. His purpose was to set humankind unconditionally free from the destructive limitations of a conditioned mind. For nearly sixty years, he traveled the world and spoke spontaneously to large audiences until the end of his life in 1986 at the age of 90. He had no permanent home, but when not traveling, he often stayed in Ojai, California, Brockwood Park, England, and in Chennai, India. In his talks, he pointed out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of the subtleties of their thoughts and feelings in daily life, and how this movement can be observed through the mirror of relationship.

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ISBN 13	9780060648145
ISBN 10	0060648147
Titel	The Flame of Attention
Autor	Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	1984-05-01
Seitenanzahl	112
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