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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy by Michael Foley
Michael Foley won't give a hoot for what I or anyone else thinks about his book. It will have been reward enough to have toiled over its bright wisdoms, its pleasing metaphors, its range of reference (from Gilgamesh to The Wizard of Oz), its laugh-ou ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Others 272 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1847375243
- ISBN-13: 9781847375247
- Pub date: Mar 29, 2010
- Also available as: eBook
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The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy by Michael Foley
Selfishness, good health and stupidity are, Flaubert suggested, the prerequisites of happiness. But without the last, he added, happiness is unattainable. How then do we get happy? Isn't it obvious? We must cultivate stupidity. Make a start today by ... (read full critics)