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Devorah Baum

On Marriage

On Marriage

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Devorah Baum's book "On Marriage" is a brilliant exploration of the many meanings of marriage, interweaving personal insights with those of writers, artists, and thinkers from Freud to Ferrante and One Thousand and One Nights to Fleabag. It is a celebration and critique of marriage in all its forms, offering a unique guide to the landscape of marriage.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd


Devorah Baum is a visionary writer with intellectual depth, emotional precision, and searing insight. Her wisdom is gathered under an old-fashioned word: wisdom.

Zadie Smith's A Shining Exploration of Why We Marry is a compelling and delightful book that examines the many meanings we have given to marriage, interweaving the personal with insights from a host of writers, artists, and thinkers. From Freud to Ferrante, and One Thousand and One Nights to Fleabag, she looks at marriage in all of its forms—from an act of love to a leap of faith—and asks: what are we really doing when we say "I do?

On Marriage is a guide like no other to the landscape of marriage, both a celebration and a critique. It is a hugely thought-provoking, witty, warm tour around every significant writer and thinker on love to have emerged since Adam and Eve.

Alain de Botton's The School of Life is a guide to the art of living, offering insights and advice on everything from love and relationships to happiness and success. It is a witty and accessible book that will inspire and empower readers to live their best lives.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 147 x 223 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241618011

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