It is about the life of the 16th-century French nobleman, wine grower, philosopher, and essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. In it, Bakewell "roughly maps out ...
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It is a systematic biography held together by thin thematic divisions. It is also a very learned biography, expanding at length, e.g., on the civil wars of the ...
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Montaigne's essays are free-roaming explorations of his thoughts and experience, filled with anecdotes and personal reflections. More than four hundred years ...
Jan 23, 2010 ˇ Bakewell's sprightly book aims to do three things for Montaigne. First, it gives the general reader the basic facts of his life, sometimes ...
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Totally Absorbing. Montaigne is a great pleasure to read and to read about. Part of the pleasure is that his essays are so vivid while standing over 400 years ...
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This book, a spirited and singular biography (and the first full life of Montaigne in English for nearly fifty years), relates the story of his life by way of ...
Dec 17, 2010 ˇ Ms. Bakewell's new book, “How to Live” (Other Press), is a biography, but in the form of a delightful conversation across the centuries.
Sep 20, 2011 ˇ How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love–such questions arise in most people's lives.
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Sarah Bakewell is a genius. In this book she gives us a moving biography of Montaigne, a history of the genesis and contents of his marvelous essays, an ...
This book, a spirited and singular biography, relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored.