The release date for the English version of 'How Proust Can Change Your Life' by
Alain de Botton is Apr 1998. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Alain de Botton provides the explanation for anybody who has ever pondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he penned the 1.5 million words of In Search of Lost Time—while confined to bed, no less. Because in this chic, intelligent, and sometimes humorous book, de Botton delves deeply into the life and work of Proust—his letters, chats, and fiction—and extracts that uncommon but really beneficial self-help handbook.
Advice on building friendships, enduring hardship, identifying love, and knowing why you should never sleep with someone on a first date is given here in writing that is nearly as brilliant as its topic. Furthermore, a literary biography written with a hearty dose of insight reveals that the master is still important now, just as he was in fin de siècle Paris. How Proust Can Change Your Life is a pure joy, both really insightful and cunningly satirical.