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LIFE IS HARD - KIERAN SETIYA GEBUNDEN

A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for
challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to
cheer up  but  by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective  makes you feel
better anyway The New York Times Book Review'An eloquent  moving  witty and above all useful
demonstration of philosophy's power to help us weather the storms of being human' Oliver
Burkeman  author of FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS______________________________________Pain  Loneliness 
Grief  Injustice ... Hope?Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From
personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world  sometimes simply going on can feel
too much.But could there be solace - and even hope - in acknowledging the hardships of the
human condition? Might doing so free us from the tyranny of striving for our best lives and
help us find warmth  humanity  and humour in the lives we actually have? Could it inspire in us
the desire for a better world?In this profound and personal book  Kieran Setiya shows how
philosophy can help us find our way. He shares his own experience with chronic pain and the
consolation that comes from making sense of it. He asks what we can learn from loneliness and
loss about the value of human life. And he explores how we can fail with grace  confront
injustice  and search for meaning in the face of despair. Drawing on ancient and modern
philosophy  as well as fiction  comedy  social science and personal essay  Life is Hard is a
book for this moment - a work of solace and compassion. It draws us towards justice  for
ourselves and others  by acknowledging what it means to be alive.

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