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Confidence

Autor Rowland Manthorpe, Kirstin Smith
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 aug 2016
God may be dead, but getting through finals will take a miracleStarter for Ten meets Essays in Love in a funny, thought-provoking philosophical novel about the power - and the dangers - of confidenceThe nineteenth-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said that whatever does not kill us makes us stronger. Nietzsche was obviously never forced to down an entire jar of stilton by a six-foot, fifteen-stone rugby player...Ellie Taber's final year at university is hurtling to a close at alarming speed. Defeated by her philosophy dissertation and uncertain as to why she can't quite commit to her faultlessly supportive boyfriend, she is disenchanted with university life. Charlie, on the other hand, is determined to use his final year to become the man he was always meant to be. He plans to play the field, do just enough work to secure his degree, finally develop his brilliant business idea and basically have an awesome time.They are both in for a surprise.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408802540
ISBN-10: 1408802546
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

A hilarious, entertaining and thought-provoking novel about a group of students in their final year of uni but with a twist. Expect 'ladds', banter, naked protests, irritating rugby players, but also a dissertation on 19th-century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche

Notă biografică

Rowland Manthorpe is an editor at Wired magazine. His writing has been published in the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Telegraph, Atlantic and Spectator. Rowland studied History at Cambridge and Political Theory at the London School of Economics, and has been awarded the Ben Pimlott Prize for Political Writing by the Guardian and The Fabian Society. Kirstin Smith was born in Edinburgh and studied English at Cambridge. Having worked extensively as an actor in film, television and theatre, Kirstin completed a PhD in Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary, University of London. Her prize-winning research on the history of stunts has appeared in The Drama Review.Rowland and Kirstin first met at university. They live and write together in south London.@rowlsmanthorpe / @KirstinMSm

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A highly original interplay of narrative and philosophy, fiction and non-fiction, Confidence made me laugh out loud, then sink my head in the pillow realising what the meaning of life really is. If a book could be called ambidextrous, Confidence would be it
Confidence reminds us just how practical the search for wisdom is, and how relevant to everyday life the thoughts of a philosopher with an imposing moustache and difficult-to-pronounce surname can be
Terrific - clever, funny and original. Very cool