Utopian Dreams - Softcover

Tobias Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571223818 ISBN 13: 9780571223817

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2008

Synopsis

Utopian Dreams offers one writer's attempt to retreat from the 'real world' - which is making him emptier and angrier by the day - and seek out the alternatives to modern manners and morality. Instead of cynicism, loneliness and depression, is it possible to be idealistic, to find belonging and companionship with others who share your sadness, or even, perhaps, your happiness? With his wife and baby in tow, Jones spends a year with spritualists, time-travellers, reformed drug addicts and Quakers, producing a fascinating exploration of the meaning of community.

About this title

Review:

'A painfully honest and heartfelt exploration of what community means today.' -- Guardian

'An unconventional travel narrative ... this is an idiosynctaic book; improvised yet thoughful, full of touching portraits.' -- Daily Telegraph

'Densely argued, well written, witty, repaying much thought.' -- Sunday Telegraph

Book Description:

Utopian Dreams, from Tobias Jones - the bestselling author The Dark Heart of Italy - is a different kind of travel book, exploring the meaning of community and solitude.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0571223818
• ISBN 13: 9780571223817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240