The Lost Art of Losing by Gregory Norminton
A couple of weeks ago I went to Gregory Norminton's book launch in Manchester.
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He'd said it was a little book, and so it is, in terms of size. But then a book is best not assessed in terms of physical dimensions but in terms of ideas
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and so, in some ways, The Lost Art of Losing is huge.
It is a book of aphorisms, and each time I dip in I find something witty and wise.
Just now I found 'A child's tantrum is infuriating because we cannot join in', and yesterday 'The past is a work in progress'.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwD2ywP6-XUEBFUiYD7_rVjHzwh9MbW5xpeMRosO1Hwh9OduhYocFERfjPmT5alC7IHdfSkNXz5PAkUwW8UC_gZsNBjirfeKU-kLf4RqNtfcblDWHb9anzTyc3KPndjj6pth3/s320/Gregory.jpg)
He'd said it was a little book, and so it is, in terms of size. But then a book is best not assessed in terms of physical dimensions but in terms of ideas
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2OpGhuf8XOB-1s4SKISIAoMyyRQEAYqBx8XzcauZ6qji2en7U0qU9-mRi8VxmGVEjofdh3FtEX8EKBj-frA2u7tQ07eztflm_VcBBSrmLtYhKUHq0zq3I-2wsy4K-BR61yj2/s320/lost+art.jpg)
and so, in some ways, The Lost Art of Losing is huge.
It is a book of aphorisms, and each time I dip in I find something witty and wise.
Just now I found 'A child's tantrum is infuriating because we cannot join in', and yesterday 'The past is a work in progress'.
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