How Proust Can Change Your Life

AlaindeBottoncombinestwounlikelygenres--literarybiographyandself-helpmanual--inthehilariousandunexpectedlypracticalHowProustCanChangeYourLife.WhowouldhavethoughtthatMarcelProust，oneofthemostimportantwritersofourcentury，couldprovideuswithsucharichsourceofinsightintohowbesttolivelife?Proustunderstoodthattheessenceandvalueoflifewasthesumofitseverydayparts.Asrelevanttodayastheywereattheturnofthecentury，Proust'slifeandworkaretransformedhereintoano-nonsenseguideto，amongotherthings，enjoyingyourvacation，revivingarelationship，achievingoriginalandunclichédarticulation，beingagoodhost，recognizinglove，andunderstandingwhyyoushouldneversleepwithsomeoneonafirstdate.IttookdeBottontofindtheinspirationalinProust'sessays，lettersandfictionand，perhapsevenmoresurprising，todrawoutavividandclarifyingportraitofthemasterfrombetweenthelinesofhiswork.HereisProustaswehaveneverseenorreadhimbefore：witty，intelligent，pragmatic.Hemightwellchangeyourlife.