{"product_id":"somewhere-towards-the-end-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Athill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"a virtuoso exercise\" (\u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\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, then ninety-one, a surprising literary star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana Athill was 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 made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Writing in her ninety-first year, \"entirely untamed about both old and new conventions\" (\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\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\" (\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as \"a virtuoso exercise\" (\u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53056423559392,"sku":"9780393338003","price":17.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/P3dRbCf0st9780393338003.webp?v=1781362130","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/somewhere-towards-the-end-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}