The pleasures and sorrows of work

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• Labours without love

  From How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997) and The Consolations of Philosophy (2000) to The Architecture of Happiness (2006), Alain de Botton has informed, upset, annoyed, surprised and generally entertained readers. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Wor ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• The joy of work (or why, despite our moaning, we can't give it up)

  Comments ( 0) Add to My Stories 'Why should I let the toad work/ Squat on my life?' asked Philip Larkin. 'Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork/ And drive the brute off?' That was why he was so miserable, was old Larkin. He hated work, and he claimed to ... (read full critics)

  dailymail published on Tue, 21 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  This book contains some interesting parts like the pylon appreciation club, and reflections on the nature of work, but overall it is hardly an inspiring read. De Botton's extreme eloquence (or just plain wordiness) is a bit hard to stomach. I'm sorry, but I generally don't like to read overly padd ... (continue)

  This book contains some interesting parts like the pylon appreciation club, and reflections on the nature of work, but overall it is hardly an inspiring read. De Botton's extreme eloquence (or just plain wordiness) is a bit hard to stomach. I'm sorry, but I generally don't like to read overly padded sentences that take a second reading to decipher.

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  This book takes you through the jobs and workplaces that are not often thought about. But are essential to our current lives.

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  JAYSONHOOGY said on Apr 2, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  and I didn't even wait for the paperback version

  totally wasted money. de Botton didn't make it this time.

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  Sara said on Sep 13, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 326 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0307378306
• ISBN-13: 9780307378309
• Publisher: Pantheon
• Pub date: Jun 02, 2009
• Also available as: eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書

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