It started in 1997, when Alain de Botton turned away from writing novels and instead wrote a touching extended essay titledHow Proust Can Change Your Life, which became an unlikely blockbuster in the "self-help"category. His subsequent books take on some of the fundamental worries of modern li...
his greatest heroes were writers - and one of the ways in which we could communicate was through books. I think in a way it made him very happy, but also totally envious, so I'd get very odd responses from him. I wrote four books in his lifetime and with each one he would...
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少年维特的喜悦 - AlainDeBotton 어떤 존재는 이 세상의 눈에는 경이로 비칠 수 있다. 任何形式的存在,都是世上值得惊异的存在。 하지만 그의 부인과 하인들은 그 사람에게 놀랄 만한 것을 전혀 보지 못한다. 但...
Through his witty and literate books — and his new School of Life — Alain de Botton helps others find fulfillment in the everyday. Why you should listen It started in 1997, when Alain de Botton turned away from writing novels and instead wrote a touching extended essay titled How Proust ...
Books A Therapeutic Journey The Course of Love The News: A User’s Manual Art as Therapy How To Think More About Sex Religion for Atheists The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work A Week at the Airport The Architecture of Happiness Status Anxiety The Art of Travel The Consolations of Philosophy ...
Alain de Botton. Writer: My Last Five Girlfriends. Alain de Botton was born on 20 December 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is the only son of Gilbert de Botton and Jacqueline Burgauer. He has one sister named Miel. Alain spent his childhood in Switzerlan
In our July/August issue author Alain de Botton comments on one of the worst examples of urban development currently going up in West London. He joined editor…
The News A User's ManualPantheon
When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do — if you analyze self-help books that are produced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, “You can do it! You can make it! Anything’s possible!” The ...