The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to

The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You

"Delightful... elegant prose and discussions that span the history of 2,000 years of literature."â€”Publisher's Weekly

A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader. It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus. But it can also be something more powerfulâ€”a way to learn about how to live. Read at the right moment in your life, a novel canâ€”quite literallyâ€”change it.
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The Novel Cure is a reminder of that power. To create this apothecary, the authors have trawled two thousand years of literature for novels that effectively promote happiness, health, and sanity, written by brilliant minds who knew what it meant to be human and wrote their life lessons into their fiction. Structured like a reference book, readers simply look up their ailment, be it agoraphobia, boredom, or a midlife crisis, and are given a novel to read as the antidote. Bibliotherapy does not discriminate between pains of the body and pains of the head (or heart). Aware that youâ€™ve been cowardly? Pick up To Kill a Mockingbird for an injection of courage. Experiencing a sudden, acute fear of death? Read One Hundred Years of Solitude for some perspective on the larger cycle of life. Nervous about throwing a dinner party? Ali Smithâ€™s There but for The will convince you that yours could never go that wrong. Whatever your condition, the prescription is simple: a novel (or two), to be read at regular intervals and in nice long chunks until you finish. Some treatments will lead to a complete cure. Others will offer solace, showing that youâ€™re not the first to experience these emotions. The Novel Cure is also peppered with useful lists and sidebars recommending the best novels to read when youâ€™re stuck in traffic or canâ€™t fall asleep, the most important novels to read during every decade of life, and many more.
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Brilliant in concept and deeply satisfying in execution, The Novel Cure belongs on everyoneâ€™s bookshelf and in every medicine cabinet. It will make even the most well-read fiction aficionado pick up a novel heâ€™s never heard of, and see familiar ones with new eyes. Mostly, it will reaffirm literatureâ€™s ability to distract and transport, to resonate and reassure, to change the way we see the world and our place in it.

"This appealing and helpful read is guaranteed to double the length of a to-read list and become a go-to reference for those unsure of their reading identities or who are overwhelmed by the sheer number of books in the world."â€”Library Journal
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-09-26
Format	Kindle eBook

The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You

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