Essays In Love
08 February 2024
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'De Botton is a national treasure.' - Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind.
Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is...
Details
08 February 2024
224 pages
9781035038589
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The book's success has much to do with its beautifully modelled sentences, its wry humour and its unwavering deadpan respect for its reader's intelligence . . . full of keen observation and flashes of genuine lyricism, acuity and depth.Francine Prose, author of The Vixen and Lovers at the Chameleon Club
Witty, funny, sophisticated, neatly tied up, and full of wise and illuminating insightsThe Spectator
De Botton is a national treasure.Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
I doubt if de Botton has written a dull sentence in his life.The New Statesman