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More copies of this ISBN:How Proust Can Change Your Lifeby Alain de Botton
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Review:"It's a real pleasure to read someone who treats this sacrosanct subject as something that is still vital and vigorous." Publishers Weekly Review:"[A] delightfully original work of literary criticism.... By characterizing In Search of Lost Time with amusing superficiality, he has succeeded in showing us some of the novel's greatest depths." Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times Book Review Review:"Funny and very refreshing." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"Curious, humorous, didactic and dazzling.... It contains more human interest and play of fancy than most fiction." The New Yorker Review:"Erudite....After reading de Botton's book, one will savor Proust with fresh wonder and gratitude." The Washington Post Review:"A lively, original guide to living, and... an engaging introduction to the life and letters of one of the century's most interesting fictional thinkers... literary criticism wearing its slyest disguise since Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot." Cleveland Plain Dealer Review:"One of my favorite books of the year.... Seriously cheeky, cheekily serious." Julian Barnes Review:"A witty, elegant book that helps us learn what reading is for." Doris Lessing Synopsis:Paperback edition of Alain de Botton's top ten "Sunday Times" bestseller. Though he was not excessively happy himself, Marcel Proust, author of "In Search Of Lost Time" one of the greatest novels of the Twentieth century, had a great insight into living a rich, happy and successful life. This book is a comment on Proust's views and had very good reviews in hardback. "dazzling" John Updike. From the author of "The Romantic Movement, Kiss And Tell" and "Essays In Love". B/w illus throughout. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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