Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoff Dyer
- Type of Work: Essays
- Time of Work: 1980-2000
- Setting: Amsterdam; Cambodia; Rome; Indonesia; Libya; Detroit; Black Rock City, Nevada; and Vietnam
- Principal Characters: Geoff Dyer, Circle, Kate, Monica, Dazed, Marie
- Subjects: Twentieth century, 1980’s, Michigan, 1990’s, Italy or Italians, Nevada, Netherlands or Dutch people, Vietnam or Vietnamese people, Cambodia or Cambodians, Libya or Libyans, 2000’s
This is not, as one might suppose, a book for the sedentary bibliophile who would rather read about exercise than engage in physical activity. In fact, this is not a book about yoga at all, nor is this book truly “travel literature,” the category to which it is most usually assigned. Indeed, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It is an admittedly difficult book to categorize at all. Is it fiction, nonfiction, philosophy, or humor? Are the pieces essays or short stories? Even the author, Geoff Dyer, deliberately blurs generic categories in his introduction:...
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