With a proliferation of 'mindfulness' books taking up vast quantities of shelf space to convey what the author here boils down to the sparest, most essential hints and suggestions ... like a well thought out Japanese Zen garden, this has not a piece out of place nor a word wasted in its short length.

This is an an absolute delight of a book that can be read quickly, but will be contemplated for far longer - the suggestions for a more peaceful settled core seem entirely logical and obvious, but conveyed with such charm and evidence that 'of course' they make sense.

The illustrations are very apt also - and it was pleasing to find these carried over to a kindle format where usually they get discarded.

Full marks all round - a little gem of a book.

There some interesting notions about cleaning in Japan, in general, and in a Monastery in particular, but as a matter of fact I liked this book mostly because I love everything that is Japan related.

Ci sono alcune informazioni interessanti rispetto al pulire in generale ed al farlo in un monastero in particolare, ma per quanto mi riguarda ho letto questo libro fondamentalmente perché mi piacciono tutte le cose che hanno a che fare con il Giappone.

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE DRC