{"product_id":"on-purpose-ten-lessons-on-the-meaning-of-life-9780008588496","title":"On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTen essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do we live fully?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do we live successfully?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrift in an anchorless world, we often worry about where we are heading. What meaning can we hope to find in our modern, secular life? The answer, Ben Hutchinson explains, can be found by looking to writers and thinkers to help us live more purposefully, more mindfully - more fully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterweaving his own (mis-)adventures with those of authors such as T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust and Joan Didion, \u003cem\u003eOn Purpose \u003c\/em\u003eproposes ten ways in which reading and writing encourage us to ask difficult questions, project our minds into the past and future, and see ourselves and others differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging, uplifting and aphoristic, this book is for anyone who has lost their sense of direction or wishes to radically transform the way they live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Hutchinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fourth Estate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.70w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008588496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Hutchinson is an award-winning essayist, critic and professor of European literature. A consultant editor at the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, he is the author of seven books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Midlife Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eComparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing appears regularly in the national and international press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43097696010355,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_513677bf-5c86-467e-99bc-822896b3e160.jpg?v=1748611503","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/on-purpose-ten-lessons-on-the-meaning-of-life-9780008588496","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}