Kissing and whispering

Author: Alain de Botton
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: In the vast city of London, he and she were originally just two tiny points with almost no chance of intersecting. He suddenly had an idea to sketch the life of an ordinary woman he met by chance, completing a biography unprecedented in history. She longed to confide and was willing to fulfill his wish, allowing him to use a magnifying glass to observe her joys and sorrows inch by inch. It turns out that even in the most mundane lives, there are thrilling moments, and even the most intense emotions eventually become fainter with each chew. A biography of ordinary people? A love story? A ramble about life? Reading Alain de Botton's novel Kiss and Tell, he unexpectedly touches both the funny bone and the sore spot, yet the face before him remains expressionless.