Alain de Botton, FRSL (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004) and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).
He co-founded The School of Life in 2008 and Living Architecture in 2009. In 2015, he was awarded "The Fellowship of Schopenhauer", an annual writers' award from the Melbourne Writers Festival, for this work.
Den perfekte modgift til de konventionelle guidebøger, der belærer os om, hvad vi skal gøre, når vi er rejst til et fremmed land. De Botton vil hellere spørge til, hvorfor vi overhovedet vil dertil – så vi kan vide, hvad vi skal gøre for at rejse bedst muligt.
De Botton tager til London, Barbados eller Sinaiørkenen – og gerne med et billigt charterfly – ledsaget af sine yndlingsforfattere og sine foretrukne malere. I tasken har han som altid en lun humor og masser af livsklogskab.
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