On Love

By Alain de Botton

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Romance

On Love (1993) is a novel by Alain de Botton about a young man who falls for Chloe, told as a mix of story and philosophical reflection. Through their courtship, happiness and breakup, the narrator catalogs jealousy, idealization and the stories lovers tell themselves. Short essays on attraction and loss sit beside the romance, treating heartbreak as material for thinking.

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• Jason Silva: “he also wrote an amazing book on love called On Love that's spectacular”