The Sweetness of Life

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Whatever you love, this book is an invitation to cherish the lightness and grace of existence; to taste fully the joy of being alive. What makes your life sweet We spend so much of our time focused on the things we must do every day, that sometimes it's easy to forget those moments that make life worth living; the real sweetness of life. Coffee in the sun, the bliss of fresh autumn evenings, being scared in the cinema, running in warm rain, long conversations at twilight, eating outdoors with your fingers, watching a craftsman at work, listening to crickets, reconnecting with friends. . . Whatever you love, this book is an invitation to cherish the lightness and grace of existence; to taste fully the joy of being alive. 'An affecting paean to life's small pleasures . . . has a vividness and a charm that are hard to resist.'The Times Literary Supplement 'A prose poem celebrating the everyday emotions, the simple fact of existence.' Le Monde 'Enchanted reading . . . sensual and profound.' La Vie 'Captivating, humorous, thought-provoking and heartwarming.' Sublime Magazine

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A series of perceptions, sensations, eddies, and happiness of writing that gives a real intensity to the existence . . . a true wonder -- Laure Adler

Author Bio

Franoise Hritier, an anthropologist, is Emeritus Professor at the College de France and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. She is the author of such highly successful works as Masculin/fminin and De la violence, translated into more than ten languages. Le Sel de la Vie (translated into English as The Sweetness of Life) is a French bestseller.