First published 1993
Alain de Botton's narrator falls hard for Chloe on a Paris-London flight. As their affair unfolds, he navigates the rollercoaster of infatuation, despair, and nausea-inducing heartbreak. With sharp wit and profound insight, De Botton examines the universal human longing for love and destiny.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, love-story
Setting: London, Paris
Period: 21st-century
231 pages · Hardcover · Atlantic Monthly Press