In the English language. Alain de Botton had already proved himself the best living essayist. (It was a relief to see him give up the novel form, in which his Proustian prose style had sat so uneasily beside his passages of flip dialogue and attempts at plot.) With his commissioned "A Week at the Airport," he proved himself to be a master chronicler as well.
And I've recently discovered his Twitter feed, which is very much worth following. Two recent gems from it:
1) There isn't any such thing as good writing: really it's just a covert term for good thinking.
2) Use mornings of courage, light and optimism to draw the roadmap that will work in the darkness.
And I've recently discovered his Twitter feed, which is very much worth following. Two recent gems from it:
1) There isn't any such thing as good writing: really it's just a covert term for good thinking.
2) Use mornings of courage, light and optimism to draw the roadmap that will work in the darkness.
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