How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton

Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time (earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past) is considered by many to be the best novel ever written. With seven volumes, many claim to have read it but have not quite managed to. Alain de Botton's book is about Proust and his novel, but it is also about all literature. Through extracts from Proust's letters, essays and novel, de Botton paints a picture of the eccentric author and shows the power of literature to change your life. While the theme is very literary, this book is delightfully readable and full of memorable quotes.

You can borrow the book at Wagga City Library (it is found at 843.912 DEB) or reserve it here.