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This review was written by Robert Bliwise and posted by Lizzy Mottern
Self-help books are not my favorite literary genre—far from it. But I was drawn to How to Live, or A Life of Montaigne, because it defies easy classification. It is part biography, part intellectual history, part a linking of past and present sensibilities, and part (indeed) a guide to living. Bakewell builds her book around Montaigne, the sixteenth-century French nobleman, government official, and winegrower. Each chapter focu ...more
Self-help books are not my favorite literary genre—far from it. But I was drawn to How to Live, or A Life of Montaigne, because it defies easy classification. It is part biography, part intellectual history, part a linking of past and present sensibilities, and part (indeed) a guide to living. Bakewell builds her book around Montaigne, the sixteenth-century French nobleman, government official, and winegrower. Each chapter focu ...more
