Nat Segnit's investigations into the human impulse to withdraw took him to India, Greece, the US and the Arctic Circle, until unforeseen circumstances forced his own retreat, along with the rest of humanity. He has written for the New Yorker, Harper's, 1843 magazine and the TLS, and regularly writes and broadcasts for BBC Radio 4. Retreat is his second book.
A rich and almost eerily timely book, Nat Segnit's exploration of
the history and meaning of retreat maps copious research onto a
vivid personal quest that reads at times like Eat Pray Love as
written by David Foster Wallace
*William Fiennes, author of The Snow Geese*
We typically live tangled in our busy routines. Segnit takes us on
a delightful expedition into the ancient personal quest to decamp,
relinquish, discover
*David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Stanford University, author of
Livewired*
To read this marvellous book is to be absorbed in Segnit's personal
search for retreat, illuminated by science, erudition and art, and
reminded of the grand retreat of a book that speaks to one of the
fundamentals of life
*Zia Haider Rahman, author of In the Light of What We Know*
This lovely book is a retreat in itself - into history, psychology,
religion, individuals and the almost universal human desire to
escape everyone, even one's self, every now and again. It persuades
us, with an excellent mix of charm and erudition, that going in can
be the real adventure
*Louisa Young, author of You Left Early: a True Story of Love and
Alcohol*
With a charming blend of sincerity and intellectual curiosity,
Segnit leads us sure-footedly into the wilderness ... moving, even
inspiring
*Literary Review*
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