![]() ![]() With a philosophical eye and his signature combination of wit and wisdom, Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around a deliberately eclectic range of occupations, from rocket science to biscuit manufacture, accountancy to art - in search of what makes jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people wake up to do each day - and night - to make the frenzied contemporary world function. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our occupations mean to us. We spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking younger selves. ![]()
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