On Quiet

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title On Quiet
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nikki Gemmell
SeriesOn Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 112,Width 150
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Mind, Body and Spirit
ISBN/Barcode 9780733644108
ClassificationsDewey:158
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Australia
Imprint Hachette Australia
Publication Date 1 January 2020
Publication Country Australia

Description

Internationally bestselling author Nikki Gemmell writes on the power of quiet in today's shouty world. Quiet comes as a shock in these troubled times. Quietism means 'devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will ... a calm acceptance of things as they are'. Gemmell makes the case for why quiet is steadily gaining ground in this noisy age: Why we need it now more than ever. How to glean quiet, hold on to it, and work within it.

Author Biography

Nikki Gemmell is the bestselling author of 13 novels and four works of non-fiction. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. She was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and lived in London for many years, but has now returned to Australia. Her distinctive writing has gained her critical acclaim in France, where she's been described as a 'female Jack Kerouac'. The French literary magazine Lire included her in a list of the 50 most important writers in the world - those it believes will have a significant influence on the literature of the 21st century. Gemmell pens a weekly column for The Weekend Australian Magazine and she also writes novels for children. Four of her books - Shiver, Cleave, The Bride Stripped Bare and The Book of Rapture - made the longlist of Favourite Australian Novels as chosen by readers of Australian Book Review.