{"product_id":"somewhere-towards-the-end-a-memoir-9780393338003","title":"Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"a virtuoso exercise\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e), this book reflects candidly, sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old. Charming readers, writers, and critics alike, the memoir won the Costa Award for Biography and made Athill, now ninety-one, a surprising literary star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana Athill is one of the great editors in British publishing. For more than five decades she edited the likes of V. S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys, for whom she was a confidante and caretaker. As a writer, Athill has made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Now in her ninety-first year, \"entirely untamed about both old and new conventions\" (\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and freed from any of the inhibitions that even she may have once had, Athill reflects candidly, and sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old--the losses and occasionally the gains that age brings, the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Distinguished by \"remarkable intelligence... and the] easy elegance of her prose\" (\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as \"a virtuoso exercise\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393338003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diana Athill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636926574748,"sku":"9780393338003","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4d1c77db-ff50-4b16-9b3e-4f20110361dc.jpg?v=1603843381","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/somewhere-towards-the-end-a-memoir-9780393338003","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}