{"product_id":"how-to-live-9780099485155","title":"How to Live","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Bakewell had a wandering childhood, growing up on the \"hippie trail\" through Asia and in Australia.  She studied philosophy at the University of Essex, and worked for many years as a curator of early printed books at the Wellcome Library, London, before becoming a full-time writer.  Her books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Live: a life of Montaigne\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Duff Cooper Prize and the US National Book Critics Circle Prize, and \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Books of 2016. She was also among the winners of the 2018 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize.  She still has a tendency to wander, but is mostly to be found either in London or in Italy with her wife and their family of dogs and chickens.\u003cbr\u003ewww.sarahbakewell.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this \u003cb\u003esplendidly conceived and exquisitely written\u003c\/b\u003e double biography - of both Montaigne the man and Montaigne the book - Sarah Bakewell should persuade another generation to fall in love with Montaigne * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eHow to live is a\u003cb\u003e superb\u003c\/b\u003e, spirited introduction to the master, and should have its readers rushing straight to the essays themselves -- Adam Thorpe * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eSarah Bakewell has written a \u003cb\u003emarvellously confident and clear\u003c\/b\u003e introduction to Montaigne...\u003cb\u003ea rare achievement.\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Bakewell deserves congratulations for opening Montaigne to new readers so very appealingly * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eIlluminating and humane book... It's rare to come across a biographer who remains so deliciously fond of her subject... \u003ci\u003eHow to Live\u003c\/i\u003e will delight and illuminate * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eBakewell writes with verve.  This is an intellectually lively treatment of a Renaissance giant and his world * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732245098839,"sku":"9780099485155","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099485155.jpg?v=1719996119","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-live-9780099485155","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}