Sarah Bakewell

How to Live, by Sarah Bakewell, was published by Chatto & Windus in 2010, and by Other Press on September 20, 2011. It is about the life of 16th century nobleman, wine grower, and essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. In it, Bakewell "roughly maps out Montaigne's life against the questions he raises along the way," …

'At the Existentialist Café' is the story of existentialism as a story of meetings - of people and of ideas. It is a warm, witty and engaging biography of a philosophy about life that also changed lives, and one that tackled the biggest questions of all: what we are and how we are to live.