How Proust Can Change Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004DCHWO8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 303 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Never a Bad Experience I have read several titles by this particular author and have NEVER been disappointed. I studied for a PhD in literature and psychology in my youth. This sort of analysis of Proust is a gem for modern life -- and a guide to appreciating Proust's world as well. Man. Educational and full of good humor. A new angle on mindfulness Absolutely delightful, thought-provoking, educational and full of good humor. A new angle on mindfulness.. He is a very good writer and you never get bored reading him I have started liking Alain's book.He is a very good writer and you never get bored reading him.
For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust's life and work - his fiction, letters, and conversations - and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful. Here, tendered in prose almost as luminous as its subject's, is advice on cultivating friendships, suffering successfully, recognising love, and understanding why you should never sleep with someone on the first date. And here, too, is a generously perceptive literary biography that suggests that the master is as relevant today as he was in fin de siècle Paris.. For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Prou