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The Course of Love

by Alain De Botton

4.1
(68 ratings)
240 pages11 editions2016Hamish HamiltonISBN 9780241962138

About this book

We all know the headiness and excitement of the early days of love. But what comes after? In Edinburgh, a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children but no long-term relationship is as simple as happily ever after. "The Course of Love" is a novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our original ideals under the pressures of an average existence. How does love survive and thrive in the long term? In Edinburgh, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love, get married, have children. But this is their story after the first flush of infatuation. As Rabih and Kirsten reform their ideals under the pressures of an average existance, they discover that love is a skill that needs to be learned, and not just experienced.

Publication Details

Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Published
2016
Pages
240
ISBN
9780241962138
Language
en
Editions
11

About Alain De Botton

Swiss writer, television presenter and entrepreneur. Writes a lot about love. Well.

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