Description
About the book. Every culture has its own ways of understanding a good everyday life. Guide to Life brings together traditions, ideas, and ways of living from 86 countries, and looks at what we can become curious about in one another. The 2020 book combines text and photographs in a broad collection of cultural impressions, from home and meals to community and our relationship with our surroundings.
Content. The examples include France, Costa Rica, Japan, and countries in Scandinavia, extending further to Colombia and New Zealand. The book highlights practices shaped by local experience and tradition. These may involve simple cooking, keeping a home in order, or ways of appreciating everyday life. The photographs follow the text and tie the ideas to specific places and people, so the material can be read both visually and thematically.
Who is this book suitable for? This is a book for anyone who enjoys cultural insight and wants to read about more than sightseeing when encountering a new country. It also makes a good gift for a curious reader interested in everyday life around the world. Read a few pages at a time, compare perspectives, and see which traditions you’d like to explore further. Cultural ideas and experiences are presented here through Lonely Planet’s selection. The broad geographic scope makes it possible to follow a theme across several countries and discover that similar questions can have quite different answers.
From inspiration to your own plan. A tradition can be better understood when seen in the context of where it comes from. Feel free to use the book as a starting point for conversations about how everyday life can be organized in different ways. Browse between countries and notice both differences and similarities. The photographs can raise new questions to follow up on in further reading. You don’t need to read the book in any particular order to enjoy the material. Let your curiosity decide which topics you return to.
About the edition. English book, published 2020. 416 pages. ISBN 9781838690441.
