{"product_id":"the-late-life-by-prof-bernhard-schlink-9781399627559","title":"The Late Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can death teach us about life?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the greatest achievements of the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eLes Echos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Schlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewell’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eLe Figaro littéraire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Masterful’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConfronted 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. \u003ci\u003eThe Late Life\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of Germany's most celebrated and popular writers’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the German by Charlotte Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47874117763308,"sku":"9781399627559","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399627559-the-late-life.jpg?v=1782982442","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-late-life-by-prof-bernhard-schlink-9781399627559","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}