{"product_id":"yoga-9781250872982","title":"Yoga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a book about yoga. Or at least it was. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmmanuel Carrère is a renowned writer. After decades of emotional upheaval, he has begun to live successfully--he is healthy; he works; he loves. He practices meditation, striving to observe the world without evaluating it. In this state of heightened awareness, he sets out for a ten-day silent retreat in the French heartland, leaving his phone, his books, and his daily life behind. But he's also gathering material for his next book, which he thinks will be a pleasant, useful introduction to yoga. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour days later, there's a tap on the window: something has happened. Forced to leave the retreat early, he returns to a Paris in crisis. Life is derailed. His city is in turmoil. His work in progress falters. His marriage begins to unravel, as does his entanglement with another woman. He wavers between opposites--self-destruction and self-control, sanity and madness, elation and despair. The story he has told about himself falls away. And still, he continues to live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a book about one man's desire to get better, and to be better. It is laced with doubt and animated by the dangerous interplay of fiction and reality. Loving, humorous, harrowing, and profound, \u003ci\u003eYoga\u003c\/i\u003e hurls us toward the outer edges of consciousness, where, finally, we can see things as they really are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmanuel Carrère\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Paris in 1957, is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and film producer. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of \u003ci\u003e97,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mustache\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClass Trip\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book), \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Russian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLives Other Than My Own\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Globe de Cristal for Best Novel in 2010. For \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, Carrère received the Prix Renaudot and the Prix des Prix in 2011 and the Europese Literatuurprijs in 2013. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e has translated \u003ci\u003eMonsieur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReticence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e, by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, as well as Emmanuel Carrère's \u003ci\u003e97,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Nantes, in northwestern France.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609387929874,"sku":"9781250872982","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0fa1ee17-7aa6-4b31-b3f3-c306bcc3ea7d.jpg?v=1732328807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/yoga-9781250872982","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}