- Anxiety, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychological aspects
"Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first--the story of our quest for sexual love--is well known and well charted. . . . The second--the story of our quest for love from the world--is a more secret and shameful tale.
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Character
Character-led, spare, contemplative and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Alain De Botton
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 306
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Hamish Hamilton, Pantheon Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780670044672
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