The Architecture of Happiness

Alain de Bottonhas published four non-fiction books:Status Anxiety,The Art of Travel,How Proust Can Change Your Life, andThe Consolations of Philosophy. In February 2003, de Botton was made a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France's highest artistic honours. In November of the same year, he was awarded the Prix Europeen de l'Essai Charles Veillon. In 2004, Status Anxiety was awarded the prize for the Economics Book of the Year by the Financial Times, Germany. Cambridge-educated, de Botton now lives in London. From the Hardcover edition.de Botton, Alain is the author of 'The Architecture of Happiness', published 2008 under ISBN 9780771026072 and ISBN 0771026072.