The Geography of Bliss
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The Geography of Bliss

by Eric Weiner

2008•Documentary•404 pages

Taste attributes: documentarybiographycomedyfresh & originalrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questempowerment/personal growthfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeA realistic, sweeping non-fiction book, otherwise balanced. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryBiographyComedyAll consuming questEmpowerment/personal growthFish out of water/culture clash

Subjects

TravelVoyages and travelsNonfictionHappinessReisebericht

Details

Author
Eric Weiner
Published
2008
Pages
404
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