An accessible retelling of serious books about the strength of the spirit, written in different centuries.
Tom Butler took on a lot of work — it is possible to retell 50 of the most serious books written in different millennia. In each of them — an attempt to go beyond the boundaries of the usual reality, the experience of spiritual search. Search options are varied: this is the despair that Blessed Augustine experienced before he came to believe in God, this is the cold analysis undertaken by William James, this is the calm story of Mahatma Gandhi. The heroes of the book were looking for the deep meaning of their existence. And many of them succeeded.
Translation from English by Olga Viryazova.
Eksmo, 480 p.