內容簡介
內容簡介 一部前所未有的生命轉化之書我們究竟應該怎麼活？這優美而獨特的三部曲沉潛了十年，真誠而深入地面對這個巨大疑問。我們如何成為現在的樣子？為什麼人的慣性是如此重要，卻又如此難以擺脫？我們為何深感困頓？又該如何活出自由？這部才氣綜橫而又脫俗的哲思之書，交融了文學、哲學與電影的思索，帶領我們走進一場轉化的旅程，鄭重推薦首部曲How We Are深深看進轉化的動因，未來更將有二部曲How We Break走過轉化的困境，最後則以第三部How We Mend挑戰轉化的發生。Conscious change requires deliberate effort, and so, for the most part, we avoid it. But what happens when something occurs, from within or without, that changes all that? The first book in the mesmerizing How To Live trilogy, How We Are examines how we negotiate change in our everyday lives - the way we build personal narratives around the people, places and things that surround us, and what happens when our story is disrupted, whether by small acts or profound change. Drawing on personal stories from everyday lives in transition, and a staggering range of literary and cultural references, from Rebecca to Mad Men to Proust, Deary shows us how we can resist being mere habit machines, and make our acts and our lives more fully our own.
