How Proust Can Change Your Life

Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1969 and now lives in London.He is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas- and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. It's a style of writing that has been termed a 'philosophy of everyday life.'(extracted from Alaindebotton.com)

出版者:Picador USA

作者:[英] 阿兰·德波顿

页数:215

出版时间:2006-1-20

价格:USD 24.90

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780330354912

图书标签:Alain_De_Botton阿兰·德波顿AlainDeBotton哲学英国英文散文英国文学外国文学

The starting point of How Proust can change your Life is that a great novel can be nothing less than life-transforming. This is an unusual claim: our education system, while stressing that novels are highly worthwhile, rarely investigates why this is so. How Proust can change your Life takes Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time as the basis for a sustained investigation into the power and significance of literature. Proust’s novel, almost a byword for obscurity and irrelevance, emerges as an invaluable source of insight into the workings of love, society, art and the meaning of existence.

The book reveals Proust’s thoughts on how to revive a relationship, choose a good doctor, enjoy a holiday, make friends and respond to insult. A vivid portrait of the eccentric yet deeply sympathetic author is built up out of extracts from his letters, essays and fiction and is combined with a commentary on the power of literature to change our lives. A self-help book like few others.(extracted from Alaindebotton.com)

读后感

我们每每说得到了就会珍惜，最后却总是失去才知原来未曾珍惜到拥有。 在网上看到这样一句话：愿得一人心白首不相离，觉得好温暖。 天气变凉，广州的气候一下子由初夏转至深秋，我已把自己裹得像冬天里的小刺猬，全副武装。 这本书是给东和我借的，在图书馆找了半个小时的书，...  

阿兰·德波顿的书读完了《爱上浪漫》和《拥抱似水年华》，满身都是舒服之感。学识渊博的表现并不是说些不着边际的大话假话空话来迷惑世人来显示自己的高深，成为所谓的名著。它应该像德波顿说的那样，一本好书就是一次交谈，轻松自在，不在于学到什么谈资之类的东西，因为你只...  

阿兰·德波顿的书读完了《爱上浪漫》和《拥抱似水年华》，满身都是舒服之感。学识渊博的表现并不是说些不着边际的大话假话空话来迷惑世人来显示自己的高深，成为所谓的名著。它应该像德波顿说的那样，一本好书就是一次交谈，轻松自在，不在于学到什么谈资之类的东西，因为你只...  

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用户评价

De Botton的书就像他的文学笔记，讲故事的方式还蛮新颖的，就是看久了觉得有点……太没有自己的观点~~~

in the end, found it more of an entertainment than of any other value

屁股先生真的好八卦啊……

interesting...

有点闷这本...