Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love (1993), The Romantic Movement (1994), Kiss and Tell (1995), How Proust can Change your Life (1997), The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), The Art of Travel (2002), Status Anxiety (2004), The Architecture of Happiness (2006), and The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. His new book, Religion for Atheists, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in early 2012.
“All de Botton’s books, fiction and non-fiction, deal with how thought and specifically philosophy might help us deal better with the challenges of quotidian life—returning philosophy to its simple, sound origins.“—Annette Kobak, Times Literary Supplement
