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Staring At The Sun

Being at peace with your own mortality

Irvin Yalom author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:3rd Sep '20

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Each person fears death in their own way. Despite turning to the comforts of children, or wealth, or belief in a higher power, death anxiety is never completely subdued: it is always there, lurking in the hidden ravines of our minds.

In STARING AT THE SUN, master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom faces his own fear of death and examines its role in many patients' fears, stresses and depression. With characteristic wisdom and illuminating case histories, he shows how confronting and coping with death allows us to live in a richer, more compassionate way.

[Yalom is] an amazing storyteller, a gorgeous writer, a great, generous, compassionate thinker and - quite rightly - one of the world's most influential mental healthcare practitioners * GUARDIAN *
The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening to life strikes a powerful chord * THE BOOKSELLER *
Yalom writes like an angel about the devils that besiege us
Unlike many psychotherapists, Yalom writes like a dream * OXFORD TIMES *
The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening to life strikes a powerful chord * BOOKSELLER *

ISBN: 9780349426075

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 22mm

Weight: 260g

320 pages