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Monday, August 21, 2006

買了兩本書

今天到Page One買了兩本都是Alain de Botton的書, 是他早期的著作, 其中一本更是他第一本書.

讀過他的"Status Anxiety", 十分喜歡他的觀點, 這回竟給我發現他這兩本九十年代初的著作, 十分興奮.

他的第一本著作 "Essays in Love"

"Kiss & Tell"

希望有時間慢慢閱讀, 遲些有機會再和大家分享閱後感.

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11 comments:

  1. aulinaMonday, August 21, 2006 9:39:00 AM

    他的書很少大賤賣，所以一直沒有自掏腰包買，（而且很多時都是hardcover!!），先看完手上最新那兩本減價貨再到拉記找找。

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  2. AnonymousMonday, August 21, 2006 11:49:00 AM

    唔係hardcover都好貴. 琴日一本$98, 一本$127.5... 但真係唔係咁易找到. 之後去商務逛, 一本Alain de Botton都唔見.

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  3. AndyMonday, August 21, 2006 5:35:00 PM

    His "The Art of Travel" and "The Consolations of Philosophy" are quite hot a while ago. I am interested in "How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel".

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  4. mad dogMonday, August 21, 2006 5:52:00 PM

    yes, heard that "how proust can change your life" is the one that made him famous. he was only 24 when he published his first book! what a genious!
    u know what, at page one, his books are under the column "anthology"... and during lunch time today, i checked out dymocks, there are only two of his books on shelf, and they are under "religion"! can't believe it...

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  5. AndyMonday, August 21, 2006 6:23:00 PM

    religion???

    This is pathetic. I expect these non-discount bookshops to have more knowledgeable staff than this.

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  6. mad dogMonday, August 21, 2006 6:28:00 PM

    yes, so i wonder maybe they have his books at 商務, just that i couldn't find them.

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  7. angeL*Monday, August 21, 2006 7:57:00 PM

    mad dog

    商務也有的，我在星光行、德福、銅鑼灣商務都見過，dymocks ifc 比較齊。

    他的新書 the architecture of happiness 也十分好看，剛出版時看幾頁就忍不了手買下了……不過，應該今年年底會出paperback 吧？

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  8. AnonymousTuesday, August 22, 2006 9:52:00 PM

    sorry, what are these books about?

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  9. AnonymousWednesday, August 23, 2006 12:10:00 PM

    ok, "essays in love" 是他第一本小說, 是一本愛情小說, 我正在閱讀 (around 1/3), 一本從男性角度去看的愛情小說, 分廿四個chapters, 就像essays一樣, Botton在此書用比較獨特的眼光及一些科學點的角度去說他的那一場戀愛(台灣把此書譯作"我那一場戀愛"), 對於女讀者我來看, 他的觀點很不同, 但我想我比較喜歡女人寫愛情的東西, 除了"阿?".
    "kiss & tell"是他另一本九十年代完成的早期作品. 看過簡介, 說是用寫biography的手法來寫的, 但人物是真實而仍然存在. 未看.
    "Status Anxiety"是一本說人和身份所帶來的憂慮與不安, 十分精彩的書, 我看完英文版, 數月前再買中文版作收藏, 未看.
    "how proust can change your life"是令他聲名大噪的書, 待我看完這兩本或許會再買來看.

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  10. AnonymousWednesday, August 23, 2006 7:34:00 PM

    so they are novels lar? hmm... I am not into that area for years now. I don't even read Harry P or DaVinci Code...

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  11. AnonymousThursday, August 24, 2006 12:02:00 PM

    i have neither read HP nor DVC and don't consider to read them. but alain de botton is really a good writer, his writings are so inspiring.

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