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Biographical note
Eva Hoffman has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Whiting Award for writing and the Prix Italia for radio. Her books include Lost in Translation and the novel Illuminations.One of our most lucid thinkers... What makes this book so original is the way Hoffman uses the tools of contemporary science... Her description of our subjective inner world is most arresting... As we go on, it becomes clear that the true subject of this intriguing and highly readable book is the nature of being alive
- Elaine Feinstein, Independent
Beautifully written and eloquent
Financial Times
A topical study that should elicit a moment of pause among those of us in a real hurry
Sunday Business Post
A much-needed reminder that how we experience time is a cultural phenomenon
- Amy Jenkins, Independent
Written with a nicely leisured elegance, and contains many intriguing parts... eye-opening
- Steven Poole, Guardian