The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de BottonWe spend most of our waking lives at work? in occupations often chosen by our unthinking younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our occupations mean to us. 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. With a philosophical eye and his signature

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