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    Cover of The discovery of slowness

    The discovery of slowness

    Sten Nadolny · 1987

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    2people
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    100% recommend

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    1. blanktonMar 2020
      The Discovery of Slowness Its not necesseraly a fictious book, but pleas give it a try. It really helped me understand myself and also other people better.
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    2. mironathetinSep 2014
      Sorry, this is already a book thread. So I post my recommendation here too:

      It is a brilliant novel about Franklin and his expedition: The Discovery of Slowness (Sten Nadolny) It has originally been written in german (Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit). Very well investigated. Especially John Franklin seemed to have been a very interesting character.

      Read the amazon reviews: people start to get philosophical, when they write about this book.

      A great weekend read, well worth the time. Maybe I should grab it again, too...

      (deleted my post in the main thread)

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