The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Hamish Hamilton, Melbourne, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 329 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Some light rubbing is apparent on bottom of boards. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. We spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking sixteen-year-old selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what it might mean for us. Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted worlds of the office, the factory, the fishing fleet and the logistics centre, ears and eyes open to the beauty, interest and sheer strangeness of the modern workplace. Along the way he tries to answer some of the most urgent questions we can ask about work: Why do we do it? What makes it pleasurable? What is its meaning? And why do we daily exhaust not only ourselves but also the planet? Characteristically lucid, witty and inventive, Alain de Botton's 'song for occupations' is a celebration and exploration of an aspect of life which is all too often ignored and yet as central to us as our love lives. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; England; 2000s; Philosophy. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780241143537. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10222. . 9780241143537