{"product_id":"the-life-writer-9781771961011","title":"The Life-Writer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Times Notable Book 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn October Indie Next List \"Great Reads\" Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of her beloved husband, Katrin, a literary biographer, copes with the loss by writing his personal history. While researching the letters and journals he left behind, however, she comes to the devastating conclusion that his life before their marriage was far richer than the one they shared. To understand and recreate the period of his greatest happiness--hitch-hiking through France as a young man, madly in love with his companion, a French girl named Monique--Katrin embarks on a heartbreaking journey to discover the man she never fully knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Constantine \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning short story writer, poet, and, translator. The title story of his North American debut collection of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eIn Another Country: Selected Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(Biblioasis, 2015) was adapted into the Academy Award-nominated feature film \u003ci\u003e45 Years\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of one previous novel, \u003ci\u003eDavies\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as four collections of short stories in the United Kingdom, and five collections of poetry. He lives in Oxford, England, where until 2012 he edited \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation \u003c\/i\u003ewith his wife Helen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771961011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Constantine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668353970332,"sku":"9781771961011","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e4754372-5f85-4230-a240-1995966eaa66.jpg?v=1603917309","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-life-writer-9781771961011","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}