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“Read and Enjoy, you will not regrette it!”
Roberto V wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book absolutely changed my life. After reading this, I went into my undergraduate and spent a year reading Remembrance of Things Past. I finished the whole after a year. Celebrated with dinner and a nap.
Anjulie R wrote this review Monday, July 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Proust's sense of self was unkept, but he seemed to have a genuine grasp of the times in which he lived. De Botton captures this in a way that is fully hilarious and poetic. His words remain with you through your days.”
“Thanks to my BFF, I loved it....this is a masterpiece which enlighten your life another time.... you learn to live, appreciate your life and see all the beauties around you from your point of view not from the painters point of views.... this one is one of our bookclub books and I will add more note on this when we have our session.... but believe me it's an investment piece....”
Mahtab wrote this review Friday, July 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"Reading is on the threshold of spiritual life, it can introduce us to it: it does not constitute it."
Barbara B wrote this review Monday, June 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Proust
" To make [reading] into a discipline is to give too large a role to what is only an incitement."
Proust”
“not a bad one night read......sometimes funny...sometimes boring.”
Happyram wrote this review Friday, June 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good introduction to Marcel Proust. I enjoyed this book. It has made me want to read Proust.”
William T wrote this review Thursday, April 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Have you ever seen a bird standing on the back of a hippo? That is how I viewed this book. De Botton's light, ethereal, pseudo- and hyper- and supra-factual factoids don't move mountains--Proust does that--but it creates a diversion that is fun, entertaining and in some ways, inspiring. I recommend it as a companion to the Master. ”
Mark V wrote this review Tuesday, March 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“good book, really, it is”
Patrick M wrote this review Wednesday, August 27 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was a lovely diversion. While I'm told that, for some readers, this can take the place of reading "Remembrance of Things Past", I was inspired to place Proust's huge opus on my short reading list.
Frank H wrote this review Friday, August 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
It was funny, insightful, and short (only 197 pages).”
“I wonder if anyone's life has actually been changed by this book, except maybe for de Botton's who must have become considerably wealthier due to its international success. Despite the misleading title, de Botton manages to arrive at some interesting conclusions based on old Marcel's eccentric lifestyle, his letters and his opus.”
maria g wrote this review Tuesday, July 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
