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Eric Weiner is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. His books include The Geography of Bliss and The Geography of Genius, as well as the spiritual memoir Man Seeks God. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Weiner is a former foreign correspondent mostra'n més for NPR and reporter for the New York Times. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post and AFAR, among other publications. mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: At the 2016 National Book Festival, on September 24, 2016 in Washington, DC, Eric Weiner spoke. By Geraldshields11 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51984089

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Data de naixement
1963
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Professions
journalist
Organitzacions
The New York Times
NPR

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An enjoyable variation of a travelogue. I enjoyed the overview of each area and the speculation about what might have made each place an incubator for genius. I should have liked more information on how he decided which places to feature and why Vienna rated 2 chapters
 
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cspiwak | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Mar 6, 2024 |
He is not kidding when he says he is a grump. It is sort of a mdern day innocents abroad, interesting and fun
 
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cspiwak | Hi ha 102 ressenyes més | Mar 6, 2024 |
The search for happiness is a thin veil to this fun travelogue of interesting places and the people who inhabit them. Having visited many of the places in this book made it all the more enjoyable for me, and it reminded me of the importance of respecting other cultures, not just abroad, but at home as well.
 
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elifra | Hi ha 102 ressenyes més | Feb 17, 2024 |
Read this over the fall of 2023. Generally was not impressed. The author has a very candid tone throughout that takes away from the messages of each chapter. He thinks he is being funny and clever, but it is just distracting. Each chapter presents a trip and exploration of "happiness" in an individual country, and sections in each cover the interactions of the author with local "experts." Ultimately, the best part was the epilogue and afterword where Weiner weaves the disparate themes together. The reader gets a cursory overview of the places being visited, and brief introductions to the concept of happiness in each location (often presented by coffee or pub chats between the locals and the author) but you need to stop and think about each chapter in order to really take anything away. This is not a self-help book, and it is not a travelogue, so I really do not know what this book was trying to get at. In trying to balance between the two, Weiner did neither.… (més)
 
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E_Morgan_Huhn | Hi ha 102 ressenyes més | Jan 9, 2024 |

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