Hardback: Quietly, wisely, Silence makes a case for dumbing the din of modern life, and learning to listen again. - Robert Macfarlane
This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarctic, climbing Everest, or on the train at rush hour.
What is silence?
Where can it be found?
Why is it more important than ever?
Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge once spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, his radio broken.
In this charming, quietly life-changing book - now an international publishing phenomenon - he takes us on a journey to unlock the power of silence.
"Only when I first understood that I had a primal need for silence, was I able to begin my search for it - and there, deep beneath a cacophony of traffic noise and thoughts, music and machinery, iPhones, and snowploughs, it lay in wait for me. Silence," wrote Erling Kagge.
And he shows us how to find perfect silence in our daily lives, however busy we are.
Silence (2017) was translated from the Norwegian by Becky L Cook.
About the author: Erling Kagge is a Norwegian explorer, lawyer, art collector, entrepreneur, politician, Rolex model, author and publisher. Kagge was the first explorer in history to reach the 'three poles' - North, South and the summit of Everest. During these expeditions, he experienced extreme periods of silence - the longest being fifty days. He has since returned to Norway and searches for moments of silence amongst noisy family life and works as a writer and publisher.
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