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Jay W. Griffiths

1999316 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Flamingo · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780002570770
  • 2000Flamingo · 316 pages · ENGISBN 9780006551775
  • 2002Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam · 403 pages · ENGISBN 9781585421848
  • 2004Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin · 403 pages · ENGISBN 9781585423064
  • 2004PutnamISBN 9780965930628
  • 2008Penguin Group USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781440615474

A brilliant and poetic exploration of the way that we experience time in our everyday lives.Why does time seem so short? How does women's time differ from men's? Why does time seem to move slowly in the countryside and quickly in cities? How do different cultures around the world see time? In A Sideways Look at Time, Jay Griffiths takes readers on an extraordinary tour of time as we have never seen it before.With this dazzling and defiant work, Griffiths introduces us to dimensions of time that are largely forgotten in our modern lives. She presents an infectious argument for other, more magical times, the diverse cycles of nature, of folktale or carnival, when time is unlimited and on our side. This is a book for those who suspect that there's more to time than clocks.Irresistible and provocative, A Sideways Look at Time could change the way we view time-forever.

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