by Alain De Botton · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679779155
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«How Proust Can Change Your Life» is Alain de Botton's essay, published by Vintage Books in paperback (208 pages, in English).
It combines a portrait of Marcel Proust with a guide to living better: drawing on his life and work to discuss friendship, attentive reading, the everyday, holidays, love, and why to avoid sleeping with someone on a first date.
The book, subtitled «Not a Novel», was originally published on April 28, 1998 and falls within non-fiction literature and practical philosophy.
Aimed at readers interested in Proust, practical philosophy, and accessible essays with humor.
Alain de Botton is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004), and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).
