Slow Boat WIZO Literatuurprijs (2015) the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinating spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe

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Slow Boat WIZO Literatuurprijs (2015) the Meditations of Marcus AureliusA startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known his dreams. Filled with lyrical longing