Learning from Silence : Finding clarity and calm in a world of mounting uncertainty - Pico Iyer Publication Date:19/02/2026

Learning from Silence : Finding clarity and calm in a world of mounting uncertainty - Pico Iyer Publication Date:19/02/2026From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatOver the past three decades, Pico Iyer has made more than a hundred journeys to a small hermitage high above the sea in Big Sur, California. He's not a Christian, nor a member of any religious group, and yet his life has been transformed by these periods of time spent in silence. In Learning from Silence, Iyer

transcendent and life-affirming memoir

he is ready to tell his story - and is back on the road doing what he does best

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