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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Alain de Botton
  • Published: 25 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141027913
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $29.99
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

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25 May 2010
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30 Mar 2009
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Alain de Botton brings his trademark powers of insight to what most of us do all day: work

Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. Yet for many of us, it is a straitjacket from which we cannot free ourselves.

Criss-crossing the world to visit workplaces both ordinary and extraordinary, and drawing on the wit and wisdom of great artists, writers and thinkers, Alain de Botton explores our love-hate relationship with our jobs, to explain why it is we do what we do all day, and through sympathy, humour and insight, to seek to help us make the most of it.
  • Published: 25 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141027913
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including The School of Life: An Emotional Education, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love. He is the founder of The School of Life (theschooloflife.com).
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Praise for The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

De Botton's wit and powers of ironic observation are on display throughout what is a stylish and original book. The workplace brings out the best in his writing

Sunday Times

Timely, wonderfully readable. De Botton has pretty much got to the bottom of the subject

Spectator

Terribly funny, touches us all

Mail on Sunday

Brilliant, enormously engaging

Guardian