Modern Romance
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  • Published: 16 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241211922
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

Modern Romance

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27 Jan 2016
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16 Jun 2015
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16 Jun 2015
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A hilarious investigation of the pleasures, perils and absurdities of modern relationships from one of our sharpest comedic voices

People today have more romantic options than at any point in human history, and thanks to social media, smartphones and online dating, our abilities to connect with these options are staggering. Yet we also have to face new and absurd dilemmas, such as what to think when someone doesn't reply to your text but has time to post a photo of a pizza on Instagram. But this transformation of our romantic lives cannot be explained by technology alone. Whereas once most people would find a decent person who probably lived in their neighbourhood and marry by the age of 23, today we spend years of our lives on a quest to find our soulmate.

While Ansari has long aimed his comedic insight at modern relationships, here he teamed up with award-winning sociologist Eric Klinenberg to research dating cultures from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Paris, crunch the quantitative data and interview some of the world's leading social scientists. The result is an unforgettable tour of the romantic landscape.
  • Published: 16 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241211922
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
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About the authors

Eric Klinenberg

Eric Klinenberg is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the co-author of the bestseller Modern Romance and author of Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave and Fighting for Air. He has contributed to the Guardian, New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, Rolling Stone and Wired. He lives in New York City.