Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Dodecahedron - GoodreadsA Week at the Airport: Heathrow Diary by Alain de Botton was a completely spontaneous read. I watched one of his TEDtalks and decided to do a bit of research into his other works. All of his books ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Elizabeth - GoodreadsI had high hopes for this slim little volume. The concept of a writer-in-residence at Heathrow filled me with all sorts of anticipation. However, if I would have taken a few minutes to consider the ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Ormond College Library - GoodreadsDeb Hull: I may not be an objective reviewer here – I could listen to Alain de Botton for hours, and his books are just a way for me to keep 'listening'. This little book is a reflection on the ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Joe Petri - Goodreadsi own a used bookshop and see few Alain de Botton books pass through. My copy of "how Proust can change your life" moved quickly in and out of my shop with several customers ranting about how good it ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Rebecca - GoodreadsThis book was the quickest read I have had in some time! It seemed like more of a promo pitch then anything else. Heathrow T5 asked some writer to come and experience life at the airport for a week ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Kinga - GoodreadsAlain de Botton is perhaps the only person who can make the M4 sound even remotely poetic. "Having avoided the earth for so long, wheels that had last touched ground in San Francisco or Mumbai ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - David - GoodreadsSo begins the last paragraph: "We forget everything: the books we read …" That is certainly true in my case and, I regret, increasingly so. I was recently asked to contribute a text about ZeitRaum as ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Ivan - GoodreadsIntrospection and interview combined into a thoughtful profile of heretofore invisible people and places. The author was given a desk amidst the bustle of a Heathrow terminal, which helped his writing ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Chris - GoodreadsI discovered this book at home accidentally and since I wasn't reading anything at the moment I picked it up. I like Alain de Botton and I enjoyed his Essays in Love and Art of Travel a lot (esp Art ... Read full review
Review: A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
User Review - Dorothee Lang - GoodreadsThis is a book i arrived at through Goodreads (thanks, Fiona Robyn, for the note on it!). I read and enjoyed Alain de Botton's collected essays "Art of Travel" a while ago, but didn't know about his ... Read full review
