Full Product Details
Author: Mason Currey
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Dimensions:
Width: 13.10cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.304kg
ISBN: 9781509852857
ISBN 10: 1509852859
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 15 October 2020
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Utterly fascinating . . . This book is the ultimate retort to the flaneurs who dream about the novel/screenplay/painting they would create if only they had the time -- Daisy Goodwin, <i>Sunday Times</i> on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i> I just can't recommend this book enough -- Lena Dunham on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i> A trove of entertaining anecdote and thought-provoking comparison -- <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i> A chance to see what great lives look like when the triumphs, dramas, disruptions and divorces have been all but boiled away. It will fascinate anyone who wonders how a day might best be spent, especially those who have wondered of their artistic heroes, as a baffled Colette once did of George Sand: how the devil did they manage? -- <i>Guardian</i>, on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i> Mason Currey has carefully compiled the daily habits and personal foibles of 161 great writers, artists, scientists and thinkers, including one who stood on his head to cure creative block. By the end of this book, our carpet-glue habit looks normal -- DBC Pierre, <i>Guardian</i>, on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i> A fascinating little book -- <i>Financial Times</i> on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i>
I just can't recommend this book enough -- Lena Dunham on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i> Utterly fascinating . . . This book is the ultimate retort to the flaneurs who dream about the novel/screenplay/painting they would create if only they had the time -- Daisy Goodwin, <i>Sunday Times</i> on <i>Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work</i>
Author Information
Mason Currey was born in Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His first book, Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work was published in 2013. Currey's writing has appeared in Slate, Metropolis, and Print. He lives in Los Angeles.
