The book "How Proust can change your life" in 10-minute reading format: reviews of the best books, only the most important and useful.The great merit of Alain de Botton's work is that it introduces people who, perhaps, never held in their hands the works of Proust, with the very essence of his philosophy. “How Proust can change your life” is not a tribute to a great man, but to his contribution – even if, ironically, it turned out unintentionally – to the ethics of self-development.QUOTE: “Although philosophers have traditionally dealt with the problem achieving happiness, it is much wiser to find ways to doom yourself to qualitative and productive misfortune. The persistent repetition of misfortunes means that the development of a working concept to achieve them, without any doubt, must surpass any utopian pursuit of happiness in importance.