Kissing and Speaking -- The De Botton Series

Author: [British] Alain de Botton, translated by Liu Yunbo
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Publishing Date: 2004-04-01
Features: In the vast city of London, he and she were originally 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, 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 the most mundane lives can be thrilling, and even the most intense emotions will eventually fade the more you chew on them. A biography of ordinary people? A love story? A ramble about life? Reading Alain de Botton's novel Kissing and Telling, he unexpectedly touches both the funny bone and the sore spot, yet the face before him remains expressionless.