The way home - Kirjakasa

xix, 266 sivua : kuvitettu ; 20 cm, 266 pages

English language

Published 2020 by Oneworld.

(1 review)

No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire - much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are …

No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire - much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.

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Suur One reviewed The way home by Mark Boyle

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5 stars

Mark Boyle sets off to try what life would be like without technology. The style is lyrical, philosophical and even poetic at times. There is an arc in the story which carried me easily to the end. Some reviewers feel the author is misanthropic, arrogant, self righteous and what not, but I didn't feel that. Either I felt some sort of connection to him listening to the book while picking up horse manure on my little ranch or managed to not feel being judged by his words explaining his philosophy on life and what makes sense to him. I understood him, but didn't feel like he was pressuring me to follow his lead and join some movement.

Makes one think, though, what our lives should be like. Especially the tension between simple and complex life resonated with me. Or rather complex life with a lot of simple things or simple …

Mark Boyle sets off to try what life would be like without technology. The style is lyrical, philosophical and even poetic at times. There is an arc in the story which carried me easily to the end. Some reviewers feel the author is misanthropic, arrogant, self righteous and what not, but I didn't feel that. Either I felt some sort of connection to him listening to the book while picking up horse manure on my little ranch or managed to not feel being judged by his words explaining his philosophy on life and what makes sense to him. I understood him, but didn't feel like he was pressuring me to follow his lead and join some movement.

Makes one think, though, what our lives should be like. Especially the tension between simple and complex life resonated with me. Or rather complex life with a lot of simple things or simple life with a lot of complex things.

Subjects

Boyle, Mark.
vaihtoehtoinen elämäntapa
luonnonmukaisuus
omavaraisuus
selviytyminen
vuodenajat
maaseutu
ihmisyys
elämä
raaka-aineet
eksistenssi
yksilöllisyys
yksinkertaisuus
rauha
paikka
maisema
saaret
asuminen
valinta
luopuminen
teknologia
tietokoneet
Internet
virtuaalimaailma
todellisuus
vieraantuminen
kirjoittaminen
kynät
käsikirjoittaminen
Irlanti