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 93%
reflective 75%
inspiring 50%
hopeful 37%
lighthearted 31%
funny 18%
adventurous 12%
challenging 12%
emotional 12%
relaxing 6%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 41%

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