A 15th anniversary collection of The School of Life’s most popular and essential essays on self-knowledge, relationships, work and culture.
In elegant and always clear prose, the essays take us on a tour around the central topics of emotional life, leaving us enlightened, calmer and readier to greet our inevitable challenges. The book amounts to nothing less than a concise compendium of some of the wisest things we’ll ever need to know.
Contains the following essays: Self-Knowledge, On Confidence, What is Psychotherapy?, How to Find Love, The Sorrows of Love, Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person, Why We Hate Cheap Things, How to Reform Capitalism, What is Culture For?, The Sorrows of Work. (Read an extract here).
Size: 145 x 197mm
Pages: 480
Publisher: The School of Life
