- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Humility, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Character
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways.
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemplative and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- David Brooks
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780241186732
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American journalist, commentator and editor "David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for *The New York Times*, a writer for *The Atlantic*, and appears regularly on *PBS Newshour*. He is the bestselling author of *The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Paradise*, and *On Paradise Drive*." --Penguin Random House
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