Because we seem to know far too much about how love starts,
and recklessly little about how it might continue, Alain de Botton’s The Course of Love simplifies our way.
Penguin Books announces the launch of Alain de Botton’s The Course of Love. The story is about how Rabih and Kirsten meet, fall in love, get married. Society tells us this is the end of the story. In fact, it is only the beginning. Over the years this ordinary couple will miscommunicate and misunderstand each other, will worry about money, will have first a girl and then a boy. One of them will have an affair, one will think about it. Both will have doubts. This will be the real love story.
Twenty-first century depictions of love and marriage are shaped by a set of Romantic myths and misconceptions. With his trademark warmth and wit, Alain de Botton explores the complex landscape of a modern relationship, presenting a realistic case study for marriage and examining what it might mean to love, to be loved – and to stay in love.
The Course of Love is a delightful return to the novel by Alain de Botton, over twenty years after his bestselling debut, Essays in Love.
About the author:
Alain de Botton is the bestselling author in 30 countries. He lives in London, where he runs The School of Life and Living Architecture. The Course of Love is his first novel in nearly two decades.