HowProustCanChangeYourLife

Acclaim for Alain de Botton’s How Proust Can Change Your Life “Erudite.… After reading de Botton’s book, one will savor Proust with fresh wonder and gratitude.” —Washington Post “A lively, original guide to living, and … an engaging introduction to the life and letters of one of the century’s most interesting fictional thinkers … literary criticism wearing its slyest disguise since Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “Ingenious … charming, erudite … an amusing homage to a literary genius whose utter lack of talent for living becomes a tender inspiration.” —Elle “Writing with great clarity, concision, and wit, de Botton translates the Proustian message into humbler but energetic prose.” —Village Voice Literary Supplement “Proust, through de Botton, offers wiser and wittier advice, and on more subjects, than any syndicated columnist.” —Hartford Courant “One of my favorite books of the year.… Seriously cheeky, cheekily serious.” —Julian Barnes “A witty, elegant book that helps us learn what reading is for.” —Doris Lessing “A wonderful meditation on aspects of Proust in the form of a self- help book.… Very e......