{"product_id":"the-late-life-bernhard-schlink","title":"The Late Life - Bernhard Schlink","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eWhat can death teach us about life?'One of the greatest achievements of the author of The Reader' Les Echos'Schlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewell' Le Figaro litteraire'Masterful' Suddeutsche ZeitungAt seventy-six, Martin Brehm is, by his own measure, content. He tends his garden, writes, and cares for his six-year-old son, David, while his much younger wife pursues her work as a painter. Their life, though unconventional, feels complete - until a diagnosis of terminal cancer gives him only months to live.Confronted with the certainty of his death, Martin becomes determined to secure a future for those he loves and leave behind something lasting. But as his plans unfold, he begins to question what it truly means to give. What will remain a gift and what will become a burden?In the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. The Late Life is a tender, searching and quietly profound novel that explores how to live fully at the edge of death, the value of a good death and how to leave, well.'One of Germany's most celebrated and popular writers' Financial TimesTranslated from the German by Charlotte Collins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperplay Inverloch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50293902344469,"sku":"9781399627559","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/9303\/9201\/files\/9781399627559_1_d5706829-8871-40e4-8b58-8f83a2b2992c.jpg?v=1792637023","url":"https:\/\/www.paperplay.com.au\/products\/the-late-life-bernhard-schlink","provider":"Paperplay Inverloch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}