The News by Alain De Botton
With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous?
One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture -- John Gray * New Statesman *
De Botton's gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things * The Times *
De Botton's gift is to prompt us to think about how we live and how we might change things * The Times *
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780241972694 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241972698 |
| Title | The News |
| Author | Alain De Botton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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