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This is a hilarious and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's most popular and sharpest comedic voices. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. Thanks to social media, online dating and mobile technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? The transformation of our romantic lives can't be explained by technology alone. In a short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person who lived in their neighbourhood. Their families would meet and, after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for the book he teamed up with award-winning sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analysed behavioural data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. They enlisted the world's leading social scientists, including Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz and Sherry Turkle. The result is unlike any social science or humour book we've seen before. In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his irreverent humour with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world.

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Book category Books in English Health & personal development Family & health Family & relationships

• Full title: Modern Romance
• Subtitle: An Investigation
• Author: Aziz Ansari
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780241211830
• ISBN: 0241211832
• ID: 09231920
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Weight: 646 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 153 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. June 2015

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