Synopsis Setting out to relate the life of someone unknown and intimate with their biographer, this novel charts the life of Isabel, a 25-year-old production assistant from Hammersmith. From the author of "Essays in Love", and "The Romantic Movement".
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This book was almost free. And it's hardcover...I am huge fan of de Botton and i've nothing but good things about this one. I am reading it now and i am very pleased... The idea of writing a biography of an anonymous woman, paying attention to the detail to someone simply to make amends with a careless and egocentric self is just brilliant... I'm really curious how it will all turn out...He's a great author. Really changes perspective on things. Read him!
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on the nature of biography
This book was a hoot! The premise is that a biographer will write a biography about the next person he meets. Turns out to be a 20-something vaguely-flakish opinionated woman who he takes on as first a subject, then a girlfriend. There are hilarious "academic" rusings on the Nature of Biography," all wonderfully warped to accommodate the lovely Isabelle's life.
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A very witty and wise book
Most biographies feature people who are famous or notorious, no acquaintance of their biographer, and dead. Kiss and Tell is a bold and irreverent challenge to these biographical norms, which sets out to chart the life of someone unknown, intimate with their biographer, and still alive. The result is a witty and perceptive portrait of a young woman. Brilliant.
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A Male Version of Bridget Jones
Alain de Botton's narration is intellectually entertaining in this biographical account of a woman he ultimately falls for . . . If you enjoyed Bridget Jones's Diary, then you must meet her as a male biographer in Kiss & Tell. Alain's language is very crafty and tastefully hilarious. Pop culture and classical philosophy meets in this comedic celebration of the 90s love life.
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