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Essays In Love Abridged Ed Edition has been intentionally structured as a fiction peddling wiser albeit abstract truths. For a love story that begins with two people meeting on an airplane, it doesn’t pack in any gimmicks but instead, with unwavering attention places readers in the midst of a relationship until the very throes of its destruction. Summary Of The Book Alain De Botton has offered up a philosophical treatise on the subject of love through the narrative of a love affair between two young people. Essays In Love Abridged Edition doesn’t bolt from the responsibility of avoiding ambiguity when it explores that relationship. Instead the book makes a thorough analysis of the relationship in most varied nuances. The book makes no bones of the relationship and particularly offers up the entire affair through the first kiss to the first throes of anxiety and on to the final dissolution. It triumphs in the unwavering dedication that Alain De Botton places on the finer print. He analyses truth, beauty, jealousy, tenderness, and love above with a lingering precision that doesn’t desert readers once the book is completed. The author also makes sure that the riveting content and ideas aren’t lost in abstraction. He offers up his own opinions through the working dynamics of this young couple and in doing so he allows readers into relating better with his motives. In Essays In Love Abridged Edition, there is an initial chapter that is completely dedicated to the paradigms and subtexts that are engaged through the course of a first date. Botton elevates this experience through his flawless narrative style, marrying wit and insight beautifully. Another chapter deftly inquires into the declaration of love whereby Botton points out the importance of timing and intention when saying ‘I love you’ to someone. All of these chapters are provided as essays unto readers on the treatise of love. Botton doesn’t shirk from anything and therefore even engages a conversation involving disagreement between the young lovers on the subject of shoes. Whether it is this foray into discomfort or an investigation into guilt, Essays In Love Abridged Edition provides an intriguing marriage of fiction and non fiction. Based on a premise stemming out of fictional characters but interspersed with lofty abstraction, this book breaks away from genre and intimates readers into thinking and feeling more. The book has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Critics defend its literary value, accrediting Botton’s genius and the lyrical narrative. About Alain De Botton Alain De Botton is a British writer, philosopher, entrepreneur, and television presenter. He has written several books, skirting both fiction and nonfiction territories. Apart from Essays In Love, his other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life, Status Anxiety, and The Architecture Of Happiness. In 2011, Botton was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His books have always dealt with contemporary themes that emphasize philosophy’s relevance in today’s world. His writing style is most decidedly ambitious, meshing together different formats in an attempt to make the arts more accessible to people. This therapeutic approach is blended with genuine lyricism that lends credit to Botton’s literary endeavours. Alain De Botton was born in Zurich, to a Sephardic Jewish family. He learnt English at the Dragon School of Oxford. He read History at Cambridge and subsequently completed his M.Phil in Philosophy from the University of London. He currently lives in London.