The Age of Absurdity
Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy
$31.84
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2011
Summary
The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfillment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life.
Michael Foley examines the elusive condition of happiness commo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847396273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847396275 |
| Author: | Michael Foley |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“Michael Foley’s entertaining, intelligent book may just help you get over yourself… . Absurdly readable.”
“Achingly funny and wise … vastly entertaining.” –“Daily Mail”
“Bound to be compared to the works of Patrick McCabe and Roddy Doyle, Foley’s novel is stingingly funny, ruefully perceptive and anything but unremarkable.” –“Publishers Weekly” on “Getting Used to Not Being Remarkable”
“Delivers well-judged wisdom.” –Oliver James, author, “They F*** You Up”
“Michael Foley’s entertaining, intelligent book may just help you get over yourself… . Absurdly readable.” –“Observer”
About The Author
Michael Foley
Michael Foley was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but has lived most of his adult life in London. He worked for twenty-three years as a Lecturer in Information Technology at the University of Westminster before retiring in 2007 to concentrate on full-time writing.
He has published critically-acclaimed poetry, novels, and non-fiction, including New and Selected Poems (2011). His first non-fiction book, The Age of Absurdity (2010), was a bestseller and has been translated into seven languages.
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