![]() ![]() By asking these questions, Schwalbe fosters discussion about books, not just as an art form, but also as a way of living, and navigating this distracting, violent, and noisy world. He wonders why we read, what reading offers us, and how reading particular books can give us insight into large questions that many of us share. Over the course of Books for Living, Schwalbe considers a number of existential questions about life, literature, and the intersections of the two. Many of these books lead to stories about people, moments, or circumstances in his life, shaping each chapter into a mini-memoir that comes together to give a larger view of the role that literature has played in Schwalbe's life. ![]() In each chapter in this non-fiction book, he writes about a single book, in a wide variety of genres, that changed the way he thinks about the world, or which imparted a life lesson. Books for Living is a book by Will Schwalbe about the many books that shaped his life and his understanding of the world. ![]()
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