num_pages: 336
description: We spend most of our waking lives at workin occupations most often chosen by our inexperienced younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our jobs mean to us.The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace beautifully exploring what other people wake up to do each dayand nightto make our frenzied world function. With a philosophical eye and his signature combination of wit and wisdom Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around an eclectic range of occupations from rocket scientist to biscuit manufacturer from accountant to artistin search of what makes jobs either soul-destroying or fulfilling.
language: English
title: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
publisher: Pantheon