On Love

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  On Love is a first novel by a young writer living in London who has had the bright idea of tracing the course of an “ordinary” love affair—initial conflagration, ecstasies, domesticities, break-up, suicide attempt, beginning of new cycle, with new lo ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sat, 21 Aug 2010

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  Amazingly well-written!

  Romantic love is such an impossibly complicated topic on which to write a good non-fiction book, but Alain de Botton manages to do the impossible - and does it in amazing style.

  Telling from the first-person perspective of a man falling in and out of love, de Botton tracks his actions, thoughts, ... (continue)

  Romantic love is such an impossibly complicated topic on which to write a good non-fiction book, but Alain de Botton manages to do the impossible - and does it in amazing style.

  Telling from the first-person perspective of a man falling in and out of love, de Botton tracks his actions, thoughts, feelings, elations and agonies throughout his journey of love. The real gem of the story lies in the introspections of the man, which contain de Botton's own philosophical insights and centuries-old wisdom.

  What the man goes through has also gone through in almost every one of us, but it takes a great author like de Botton to distill its essence and lay it out for us to absorb - all in about a lightweight 200 pages.

  If you're the type that likes to ruminate on matters of the heart in your mind, this book is definitely for you.

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  Holmes said on May 10, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  If there is a recent book that I enjoyed very much - this is it. Here there was a story of the teller unravelling what immediate attraction and then the love affair taken its usual up and down and eventually dissolved. The best thing of the story is the fact that the storyteller's good friend had ... (continue)

  If there is a recent book that I enjoyed very much - this is it. Here there was a story of the teller unravelling what immediate attraction and then the love affair taken its usual up and down and eventually dissolved. The best thing of the story is the fact that the storyteller's good friend had stolen the girl. Thats life and its littered with great little insights which brings one many a smile and acknowledging that all lovers in the world behave in exactly the same way.

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  Oz said on Apr 9, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  So hilarious! An interesting, delightful reading (and self-reflecting) experience.

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  HiHiLoLo said on May 29, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  beautifully written, invaluable insights and useful thoughts, simply loveable itself!

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  Kappa said on Aug 9, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 231 Pages
• Edition: 1st ed
• ISBN-10: 0871135515
• ISBN-13: 9780871135513
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Pub date: Nov 01, 1993
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书

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