{"product_id":"yoga-from-the-bestselling-author-of-the-adversary","title":"Emmanuel Carrere: Yoga [2022] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about yoga. Or at least, it was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJanuary 2015. High on literary success and familial bliss, Emmanuel Carrere embarks on a rigorous ten-day meditative retreat in rural France in search of clarity and material for his next book, which he thinks will be a subtle, upbeat introduction to yoga. But his trip is cut short, and he is brought down to earth with a thud as he returns to a Paris in turmoil in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom then on, Carrere's life begins to unravel, along with his novel-in-progress. He is diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder and is sectioned to a psychiatric hospital for a four-month stint, where he is subject to electroshock therapy. His marriage crumbles, he is struck by grief at the death of a close friend and is haunted by a love affair with a mysterious woman who disappeared from his life. Pushed to the edge of sanity and forced to reckon with his identity as a man and a writer, Carrere sets out on a life of action instead of meditation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book that embraces the Yin and Yang of life: the pull between life and death, desire and despair, presence and absence, fight and flight. It is a book about a world and a man in tumult, and about how surprisingly far practising meditation - and writing about it - can take us in life. With raw honesty and humour, YOGA gives us the self-portrait of a man struggling to live with himself and others, by one of our greatest and most surprising international writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carrere, Emmanuel \u0026 Lambert, John","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47972980851027,"sku":"XV81787333215","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":51374602191187,"sku":"9781787333215","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/carrere-emmanuel-lambert-john-emmanuel-carrere-yoga-2022-hardback-1177319858.jpg?v=1752159931","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/yoga-from-the-bestselling-author-of-the-adversary","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}