{"product_id":"the-year-of-living-philosophically-robert-grossmith-9781913289720","title":"The Year of Living Philosophically","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this comic retelling of \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e, dictionary editor Dave Gardner is in love not with his best friend's fiancée but with the fiancée of his worst enemy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan philosophy help him out? What if he was to spend the year living each month according to a different philosophy, from Hedonist and Stoic to Rationalist and Existentialist? Will 2000 years of accumulated wisdom help him win the heart of ravishing colleague Sophie, who's already in a relationship with mysteriously wealthy Dom? If nothing else, can philosophy teach us how to embrace life's inevitable disappointments? Aided by his philosophy lecturer friend Max, Dave sets about finding out...\u003cp\u003eWritten in diary form, the novel tackles big philosophical questions with a light playful touch. Dave's philosophical lodestars are not Hume, Kant and Nietzsche but \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonty Python\u003c\/i\u003e and Morrissey. So if you've always wanted to know about the history of Western philosophy but thought there weren't enough jokes in \u003ci\u003eSophie's World\u003c\/i\u003e, this may be just the book for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Grossmith is a UK writer, based near Norwich. His short stories have been widely anthologized, including in \u003ci\u003eThe Time Out Book of London Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Best Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of First World War Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published a novel about lucid dreaming, \u003ci\u003eThe Empire of Lights\u003c\/i\u003e (Hamish Hamilton, 1990), as well as poems, scholarly articles and book reviews. He has a BA in Philosophy \u0026amp; Psychology and a PhD on Vladimir Nabokov and worked for many years as a bilingual dictionary editor. Further information is available at www.robertgrossmith.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Grossmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913289729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913289720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Terence Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Robert Grossmith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437137146111,"sku":"9781913289720","price":10.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_865799f1-1b74-436a-9897-b9b9ec165a23.jpg?v=1777160115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-living-philosophically-robert-grossmith-9781913289720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}