![]() ![]() What a smart, erudite, witty, unassuming mensch this guy is. * The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)ĭamn! This book just confirms my desire to have Alain de Botton as a friend. It's a book of which many readers are still fondest. The style of the book was unusual, because it mixed elements of a novel together with reflections and analyses normally found in a piece of non-fiction. His first book, Essays in Love, minutely analysed the process of falling in and out of love. ![]() It's a style of writing that has been termed a 'philosophy of everyday life.' He can be contacted by email directly via He is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas- and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. Alain de Botton is a writer and television producer who lives in London and aims to make philosophy relevant to everyday life. ![]()
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