In Edinburgh, a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married. They have children. Society tells us this is the end of the story. In fact, it is only the beginning.
From the author of Essays in Love comes the long-awaited and beguiling sequel, which charts the complex and intricate course of a long-term relationship.
We all know the headiness and excitement of love’s early days, but what can be expected over a shared lifetime? We follow our couple – Rabih and Kristen – from the first flush of infatuation through to inevitable disenchantments and then onto the freedom and insights of maturity. The Course of Love is a novel that explores not so much the start of love, as its maintenance over time; the way our ideals bend and reform under the pressures of an average existence, and the magnificent, sometimes frightening, developments we can make as we slowly realise that love is in essence a skill we need to learn rather than an enthusiasm we simply experience.
Playful, wise, and profoundly moving, The Course of Love is an unparalleled meditation on modern relationships —and a delightful return to the novel for Alain, more than 20 years after Essays in Love.
Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1969 and now lives in London. He is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a ‘philosophy of everyday life.’ He’s written on love, travel, architecture and literature. His books have been bestsellers in 30 countries.
Alain also started and helps to run a school in London called The School of Life, dedicated to a new vision of education. Alain’s latest book will be published in April 2016 and is titled The Course of Love.
Alain started writing at a young age. His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], was published when he was twenty-three.
跟着这本书,走过了一对平凡夫妻从相知、相识、养育子女、到婚姻中出现的种种障碍和彷徨、再到矛盾解决回复平静生活的各个阶段。不狗血,不夸张,不做作,难得的是好像如此真实的故事,作者阿兰·德波顿又能以这种极高的文学表现手法予以表达,亦可以看做真实婚姻生活心理切片...
评分 评分总觉得作者在我的房间的阴暗小角落装了一个监控器。又或是在我隐蔽的心底。三年来在不稳定的工作,矛盾冲突爆发的家庭生活,子女教育和夫妻关系里撕裂拉扯。青年时代开始崇尚的个人主义和完美主义日益沉淀,让浪漫主义婚姻观多年来扎根于心。于是在日复一日的纷杂争吵后,总会...
评分我对于爱情的了解,在谈恋爱之前只有浅薄的认识。阅读和观影经验塑造了我对爱情浪漫主义式的想象。以为两个人在一起、相爱了,就能永远在一起。直到恋爱后,才发觉这种想法是多么地无知。爱情是两个人相互间的事情,不是一个人有爱就行了,而且爱虽然是和谐关系的基础,但只有...
评分关于婚姻的随笔小说。 第三人称上帝式的视角,每写一段情节再来一段心理学家评述式的话语。情节极其简单,但是写作的细节足够细腻,而且翻译也有一点韵味,值得一读。 最开始阅读这本书是因为看这本书的梗概说里面有婚外情但最终婚姻却更进一步,我想知道夫妻两人是如何做到这...
我是有多绝望才去买了这种情感指南
评分这本书听作者的演讲已经足够,别人的感情看起来实在平淡无趣。
评分咳咳...送别人的结婚礼物(送礼难啊...)然后自己先偷看完了... 果然这类书都不太适合我
评分失望
评分很喜欢Alain de Botton这个叨叨王,这本里也有很多到位的道理,但是这本书,它整体就是平庸,完全没有20年前出道时那本essays in love的轻盈。
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