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The News

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The News

By Alain de Botton

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About the book

The News is Alain de Botton's witty and insightful exploration of our twenty-first century obsession with media.Why do we keep checking the news?Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a fresh perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titill...Show more

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ISBN

9780241972694

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2015

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Edition

1

Original title

The News

Format

Paperback

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