Hunger: An Unnatural HistoryBasic Books, 2008 M08 1 - 272 páginas Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that transcends nature to shape the very of fabric of societies. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these remarkable cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today. Written with consummate skill, a compassionate heart, and stocked with facts, figures, and fascinating lore, Hunger is an inspiring window on history and the human spirit. |
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... Later we may skip lunch and miss dinner. We may not eat for religious reasons. We may not eat before surgery. We may go on a threeday fast to cleanse ourselves of toxins and boredom. We may go on a longer fast to imitate Christ in the ...
... Later we may skip lunch and miss dinner. We may not eat for religious reasons. We may not eat before surgery. We may go on a threeday fast to cleanse ourselves of toxins and boredom. We may go on a longer fast to imitate Christ in the ...
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... Hamsun's own life, periods of physical labor mixed with the poverty of the struggling writer. The book Hunger was his entrance into success and the end of that struggle. Critics would later describe Hamsun's willingness to be hungry.
... Hamsun's own life, periods of physical labor mixed with the poverty of the struggling writer. The book Hunger was his entrance into success and the end of that struggle. Critics would later describe Hamsun's willingness to be hungry.
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... Later, Orwell's character spends a day in bed reading The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. “It was all that I felt equal to, without food. Hunger reduces one to an utterly spineless, brainless condition. . . . It is as though one has been ...
... Later, Orwell's character spends a day in bed reading The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. “It was all that I felt equal to, without food. Hunger reduces one to an utterly spineless, brainless condition. . . . It is as though one has been ...
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... later. We will have varying responses to skipping a meal, based on our metabolism and psychology. In a few hours, as the level of our blood sugar continues to drop, we might also experience a drop in energy. That might make us anxious ...
... later. We will have varying responses to skipping a meal, based on our metabolism and psychology. In a few hours, as the level of our blood sugar continues to drop, we might also experience a drop in energy. That might make us anxious ...
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