STILHEDENS MESTER

En humoristisk, filosofisk og overraskende roman om at tie stille i en verden, der aldrig holder kæft. Hvad sker der, når man nægter at bidrage til larmen?

Jens tager et radikalt valg: Han vil ikke sige et eneste ord i et år. Ikke af religiøse eller spirituelle årsager, ikke som en protest, men som et eksperiment. Hvordan vil verden reagere på en mand, der nægter at tale?

Det starter som en simpel udfordring, men hurtigt bliver stilheden både en gave og en forbandelse. Hans chef tror, han er blevet arrogant. Hans venner tror, han har mistet forstanden. Kvinderne i hans liv – de få, der ikke opgiver ham på stedet – synes, han er mystisk og dyb. Telefonsælgere lægger hurtigt på, hans mor sender bekymrede breve, og en mand i en park begynder at betragte ham som en profet.

Undervejs støder Jens på taoisme, zenbuddhisme og den gamle visdom i Lao Tzus Tao Te Ching. Han begynder at forstå, at stilhed ikke er fraværet af noget, men nærværet af noget andet. Noget dybere.

Men hvad sker der, når året er omme? Når han endelig må tale igen? Er han blevet klogere, eller har han bare spildt et år af sit liv? Og vigtigst af alt – hvad vil hans første ord være?

Stilhedens Mester er en roman om ro i en larmende verden, om at turde gå imod strømmen, og om hvad der sker, når man ikke længere kan skjule sig bag sine egne ord. En skarp, morsom og tankevækkende fortælling om at finde mening i det, vi sjældent tør møde: STILHEDEN.

Stilheden er ikke tom. Den er fyldt med mening.

En skarp, morsom og filosofisk fortælling om at gå imod strømmen, finde sig selv og måske, bare måske, lære at lytte rigtigt.

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THE MASTER OF SILENCE

A humorous, philosophical and surprising novel about remaining silent in a world that never shuts up. What happens when you refuse to contribute to the noise?

Jens makes a radical choice: He will not say a single word for a year. Not for religious or spiritual reasons, not as a protest, but as an experiment. How will the world react to a man who refuses to speak?

It starts as a simple challenge, but silence quickly becomes both a gift and a curse. His boss thinks he has become arrogant. His friends think he has lost his mind. The women in his life – the few who don't abandon him on the spot – find him mysterious and profound. Telemarketers hang up quickly, his mother sends worried letters, and a man in a park begins to regard him as a prophet.

Along the way, Jens encounters Taoism, Zen Buddhism and the ancient wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. He begins to understand that silence is not the absence of something, but the presence of something else. Something deeper.

But what happens when the year is over? When he is finally allowed to speak again? Has he become wiser, or has he just wasted a year of his life? And most importantly – what will his first words be?

The Master of Silence is a novel about calm in a noisy world, about daring to go against the flow, and about what happens when you can no longer hide behind your own words. A sharp, funny and thought-provoking story about finding meaning in what we rarely dare to encounter: SILENCE.

Silence is not empty. It is filled with meaning.

A sharp, funny and philosophical story about going against the flow, finding yourself and maybe, just maybe, learning to listen properly.