![]() ![]() ![]() Interestingly, it is the more banal occupations that make for more engaging reading. They are a mixed bag: after shadowing a biscuit designer and a careers counselor for a while, de Botton heads off to French Guiana to witness the launch of a Japanese satellite, and then returns to England to meet a man who has spent two years painting pictures of the same oak tree. ![]() That is not to say that he has given up writing light works of pop philosophy and taken a more regimented job rather that the subject of his latest book is the way in which we pass our time and earn our money.Įven at a time of recession the range of jobs on offer is vast, so understandably, only small selections of examples are covered in any detail. Having written books on Proust, travel and architecture, Alain de Botton has now turned his hand to work. ![]()
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