A review by brodeheim
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah Bakewell

5.0

I'm fluent in English now, but growing up, whenever I don't get a book, I would assume my comprehension was lacking (as it often was the case). Now thanks to Bakewell, I've learnt that Montaigne is just this meandering writer and I wasn't the one who lost it. After enjoying Bakewell's incredible recounting of his life and the "canal of minds" that fed from his work, I would sum up Montaigne's philosophy as "I'm just a dude." Which is to be honest pretty refreshing.