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The Course of Love

ID 287324
Slug course-of-love
Contributors
Author : Alain de Botton
Annotation In his first novel in 20 years Alain de Botton explores the complex landscape of a modern relationship, presenting a realistic case study for marriage and examining what it might mean to love, to be loved, and to stay in love. Now in paperback
Description A brilliant new novel about love and marriage in the modern world - from the author the bestselling novel Essays in Love<br></br><br></br>Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after?<br></br><br></br>This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chronicling the daily intimacies, the blazing rows, the endless tiny gestures that make up a life shared between two people. Moving and deeply insightful, The Course of Love offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.
Bestseller 60
Genres
Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
350 Fictie overig algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Penguin UK
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 240
Duration
Publication date first 2016-03-21
Publication date latest 2017-04-30
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9780241145487 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9780241962138 (BC)

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