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Sebastian Ritscher |
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THE MAN WHO QUIT MONEY
In the autumn of 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings—all thirty dollars of it—in a phone booth. He has lived without money ever since—and has never felt so much at peace. “I never knew such security before I gave up money,” he says. “My wealth never leaves me. Do you think Bill Gates is more secure than I?”
For more than a decade, Suelo hasn’t earned, received, or spent a single cent. He hasn’t paid taxes, or accepted food stamps or welfare. He lives in caves in the Utah canyon lands, forages blackberries and wild onions, and accepts what is freely given him. He has drifted so far from the trappings of what we consider a successful life—with its attendant mortgages, monthly bills, and credit card debt—that he no longer even carries an I.D. In THE MAN WHO QUIT MONEY, author Mark Sundeen traces the path that led the enigmatic Suelo, step by step, into this life—from the deeply religious family he still holds close, to his disillusionment with more conventional ways of doing good (Peace Corps, work with the homeless)that brought him to the brink of suicide. Sundeen captures the life Suelo built instead. Provocative, riveting, and impossible to shrug off, here is a portrait of one man’s wholehearted quest to realize his unique vision–a vision that makes us question the decisions we all make, by default or by design, about how we live.
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Published 2012-03-01 by Riverhead |
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Published 2012-03-01 by Riverhead |