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From one of our great thinkers on modern life and the human condition - an unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love as well as The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life
'The Course of Love probes the very heart of marriage, its shifts and squalls, its great adventure, with such forensic tenderness. I laughed a lot, too' Deborah Moggach
Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after?
This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chronicling the daily intimacies, the blazing rows, the endless tiny gestures that make up a life shared between two people. Moving and deeply insightful, The Course of Love offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.
'Engaging, sympathetic, acutely perceptive... There's a refreshing honesty in what de Botton has to say' Guardian
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 28/04/2016
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ISBN: 9780241962121
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Length: 240 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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Publisher's description. Rabih and Kirsten meet, fall in love, get married. Think this is the end of the story? It's only the beginning. With his trademark warmth and wit, Alain de Botton explores modern relationships with a novel that asks what it truly means to love and to be loved.
Penguin
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Anyone who is, has been, or would ever like to be, in a satisfying, successful relationship, would do well to read de Botton. A brave couple might even read it together
Irish Independent
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Alain de Botton's gift is to prompt us to think about how we live
Jeanette Winterson
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Curious, humorous and dazzling... It contains more human interest than most fiction
John Updike on 'How Proust Can Change Your Life'
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His prose is lovely: clear, gently persuasive, light of touch
Observer on Religion for Atheists
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Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence
Observer on The Architecture of Happiness
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Engaging, sympathetic, meticulous, acutely perceptive...There's a refreshing honesty in what De Botton has to say
The Guardian
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Well-observed and imbued with a tenderness that feels authentic and uncynical. It may even save some marriages
Evening Standard
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Thought-provoking... [a] worldly wise romance
Mail on Sunday
