Alain de Botton

Broschiertes Buch

The News

A User's Manual

Beschreibung

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?

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9780241972694
• ISBN-10: 0241972698
• Artikelnr.: 42077902