A Week at the Airport by De Botton, Alain

A Week at the Airport

From the bestselling author of The Art of Travel comes a wittily intriguing exploration of the strange...
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Author: Alain De Botton
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Language: English
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A Week at the Airport by De Botton, Alain

A Week at the Airport

$50.08

A Week at the Airport

$50.08
Author: Alain De Botton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
From the bestselling author of The Art of Travel comes a wittily intriguing exploration of the strange non-place that he believes is the imaginative center of our civilization.

Given unprecedented access to one of the world's busiest airports as a "writer-in-residence," Alain de Botton found it to be a showcase for many of the major crosscurrents of the modern world--from our faith in technology to our destruction of nature, from our global interconnectedness to our romanticizing of the exotic. He met travelers from all over and spoke with everyone from baggage handlers to pilots to the airport chaplain. Weaving together these conversations and his own observations--of everything from the poetry of room service menus to the eerie silence in the middle of the runway at midnight--de Botton has produced an extraordinary meditation on a place that most of us never slow down enough to see clearly. Lavishly illustrated in color by renowned photographer Richard Baker, A Week at the Airport reveals the airport in all its turbulence and soullessness and--yes--even beauty.

Author: Alain De Botton
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/21/2010
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.22w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780307739674


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2010
Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 111
Booklist 09/15/2010 pg. 26
Entertainment Weekly 10/01/2010 pg. 78

About the Author
Alain de Botton is the author of three works of fiction and eight works of nonfiction, including How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, and The Art of Travel. He lives in London, where he founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com).

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