How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell

How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

Sarah Bakewell

416 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger que...

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Moods

informative 88%
reflective 73%
inspiring 52%
lighthearted 26%
hopeful 23%
funny 20%
challenging 14%
adventurous 8%
emotional 8%
relaxing 5%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 32%
fast 5%

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