--- product_id: 14816246 title: "How Proust Can Change Your Life" brand: "alain de bottonnicholas bellbolinda publishing pty ltd" price: "£30.57" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/14816246-how-proust-can-change-your-life store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # How Proust Can Change Your Life **Brand:** alain de bottonnicholas bellbolinda publishing pty ltd **Price:** £30.57 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** How Proust Can Change Your Life by alain de bottonnicholas bellbolinda publishing pty ltd - **How much does it cost?** £30.57 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/14816246-how-proust-can-change-your-life) ## Best For - alain de bottonnicholas bellbolinda publishing pty ltd enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted alain de bottonnicholas bellbolinda publishing pty ltd brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description How Proust Can Change Your Life ## Images ![How Proust Can Change Your Life - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51R2G7oXdLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars ¡Recomendado! *by M***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 31, 2023* Es un libro muy divertido. Excelente compañero para disfrutar más a Proust. Y se puede leer paralelo a “En busca del tiempo…” porque no tiene ‘spoilers’… ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Proust Can Really Change Your Life *by P***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2015* I would consider Alain De Botton one of the great modern philosophers of our time. The word philosopher might make you cringe, and I get it, but go listen to his interview on the Tim Ferris podcast. It will help in understanding his perspective on how a philosopher should function in the modern day. He also guides listeners to How Proust Can Change your Life as a good entry point into his work, what he believes in, and a book that he feels has held up since its release. I took the nod, and I’m happy I did.De Botton writes with clarity, concision, and wit. He turns the subject matter, Marcel Proust, and his book In Search of Lost Time, into a thoroughly enjoyable unconventional self-help manual. I say unconventional, but I can only hope the questions you ask yourself after reading this book become conventional in all sorts of ways.I try to imagine selling someone this book. For me, De Botton had me at the chapter titles. Just to name a few: How To Love Life Today, How To Take Your Time, How To Suffer Successfully, How To Be A Good Freind. Compelling questions to think about, and you’ll be surprised to find how Marcel Proust and his masterpiece In Search Of Lost Time provide a point of view on each.Paradoxically the book concludes with a chapter titled How To Put a Book Down. Simple advice but the message speaks to a much large theme that we all could benefit from. That Beneath every piece of art there is an author with a point of view on the world and the greatest homage we can pay to each is to see our world, for a short time, through their eyes. After that short time, it’s ok to admit that for all the beautiful qualities we might see in each genius work it might eventually prove to be silly, maniacal, false, or just wrong. And as you learn to embrace th​is indifference you’ll really start to see how Proust can change your life. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Poignant *by J***W on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 30, 2020* Enjoyed this. De Botton has an extremely unique lens with which he shares his observations . Proust, via de Botton, is less grandiose author and more great seer/Stoic; (albeit an immensely anemic one) which of course is the primary reason to read Proust. De Botton educates you on Proust's rare gift of being able to observe without the pretension of injecting himself into a situation because his way needed be acknowledged. Proust it seems took to heart the lesson of the ancients that it is better to be happy than right. Under de Botton's pen Proust is sketched as indifferent but possessing a cunning in his manner of addressing and dealing with a society he quite couldn't remove himself from, nor fully embrace. Proust's length of admiration for most seemed to be at arms length, and his patient indifference was more forgiving compassion than misanthropic disdain. A solid read. 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