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020			_a9780241962138 _q _c
100	1		_aDe Botton, Alain. _e
245	1	4	_aThe course of love / _cAlain de Botton.
264		1	_aLondon : _bPenguin Books, _c2017.
300			_a222 pages ; _c20 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
520			_aTwenty years after his bestselling debut Essays in Love, internationally acclaimed author Alain de Botton returns to fiction with a brilliant new novel about modern relationships What does it mean to live happily ever after? At dinner parties and over coffee, Rabih and Kirsten's friends always ask them the same question: how did you meet? The answer comes easily- - it's a happy story, one they both love to tell. But there is a second part to this story, the answer to a question their friends never ask: what happened next? Rabih and Kirsten find each other, fall in love, get married. Society tells us this is the end of the story. In fact, it is only the beginning. From the first thrill of lust, to the joys and fears of real commitment, to the deep problems that surface slowly over two shared lifetimes, this is the story of a marriage. It is the story of modern relationships and how to survive them. Playful, wise and profoundly moving, The Course of Love is a delightful return to the novel by Alain de Botton, twenty years after his debut Essays in Love.
650			_a Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. _v _x _y _z _2
650			_aMarriage -- Fiction. _v _x _y _z _2
650			_aMarried people -- Fiction. _v _x _y _z _2
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