{"product_id":"varieties-of-melancholy-life-of-school-the-9781912891603","title":"Varieties of Melancholy: A Hopeful Guide to Our Somber Moods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful and consoling guide to the melancholic state of mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. Melancholy isn't depression, rage, or bitterness. It's a serene, wise, and kindly response to the difficulties of being alive. It helps us navigate a wise and rational middle ground between extreme despair and na?e optimism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut melancholy is a well-kept secret. It isn't celebrated or recommended. It remains relatively unexplored in a hyper-competitive, noisy, frantic age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book carefully collects and interprets a wide range of universally recognizable forms of melancholy, rendering us less confused by our precious yet elusive feelings. We discover everything from the melancholy of a Sunday evening and the melancholy of adolescence to the melancholy of parties and the infatuated melancholy of having a crush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a rich and varied portrait of melancholy and its range of emotions, this book leads the reader toward deeper insight, more authentic acceptance, and more honest self-compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF A COMPLEX EMOTION\u003c\/b\u003e through the lens of art, architecture, literature, and philosophy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHOW TO INTERPRET AND ACCEPT\u003c\/b\u003e our melancholy moods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eINCREASE SELF AWARENESS\u003c\/b\u003e through meditating on melancholy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEXAMINES 35 VARIETIES OF MELANCHOLY\u003c\/b\u003e including: Dating and Melancholy, Loneliness and Melancholy, Adolescence and Melancholy, and Politics and Melancholy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e The School of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912891603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912891603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e School of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"The School of Life","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993151635711,"sku":"9781912891603","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae686cc2-bc42-4292-8415-d7029bf356ac.jpg?v=1683322797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/varieties-of-melancholy-life-of-school-the-9781912891603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}