How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain de Botton
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
As relevant today as they were at the turn of the century, Proust's life and work are transformed here into a no-nonsense guide to, among other things, enjoying your vacation, reviving a relationship, achieving original and uncliched articulation, being a good host, recognizing love, and understanding why you should never sleep with someone on a first date. It took de Botton to find the inspiration in Proust's essays, letters, and fiction and, perhaps even more surprising, to draw out a vivid and clarifying portrait of the master from between the lines of his work.
Product Details
Price
$17.00
$15.81
Publisher
Vintage
Publish Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.98 X 0.6 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780679779155
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About the Author
ALAIN DE BOTTON was born in 1969. He is the internationally heralded author of the novels On Love, The Romantic Movement, and Kiss and Tell; his work has been translated into sixteen languages. He lives in Washington, D.C., and London.
Reviews
"Delightfully original.... As well as being criticism, biography, literary history, and a reader's guide to Proust's masterpiece, this is a self-help book in the deepest sense of the term." --The New York Times "One of my favorite books of the year.... Seriously cheeky, cheekily serious." --Julian Barnes "Curious, humorous, didactic, and dazzling.... It contains more human interest and play of fancy than most fiction." --John Updike, The New Yorker "A witty, elegant book that helps us learn what reading is for." --Doris Lessing "A wonderful meditation on aspects of Proust in the form of a self-help book. Very enjoyable." --Sebastian Faulks "Funny and very refreshing." --San Francisco Chronicle
