Love Voltaire Us Apart: A Philosopher’s guide to relationships
What would Kant’s sexts look like? How would Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir break up? What would Confucius think of Tinder?
From Confucius learning the Golden Rules of dating to Simone de Beauvoir considering bangs after breaking up with Jean-Paul Sartre, Edelman views the love lives of prominent philosophers through a clever and contemporary lens.
Originally based off Edelman’s viral New Yorker piece, “Excerpts of Philosophers’ Breakup Letters,” Love Voltaire Us Apart is a hilarious spoof relationship guide, brought to life with charming illustrations by Hallie Bateman, and made up of philosophers' love letters, advice columns, and breakup letters.
Named on Splitsider's BEST COMEDY BOOKS OF 2016, and Flavorwire's 10 MUST-READ BOOKS FOR NOVEMBER.
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“Love Voltaire Us Apart is eerily reflective of my own existential romantic limbos I often find myself ruminating.”
— Reggie Watts,
"I 'Kant' recommend it highly enough!"
— Beth Newell, Reductress
“This book combines all my favourite things: crushes, French literary theorists, and the illustrations of Hallie Bateman. Reading it is like having your smartest friend take you out for too much wine during a break up, A real delight.”
— Monica Heisey
Love Voltaire us Apart is so non-stop hilarious it enrages me..... Even the footnotes are highly entertaining. To sum it all up, I believe it was the great philosopher Descartes who said: I think therefore am I right ladies?"
— Andy Kindler
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Starring Arturo Castro, Mara Wilson, and Scott Rogowsky.
