{"product_id":"book-of-life-a-compendium-of-the-best-autobiographical-and-memoir-writing-by-eve-claxton","title":"Book of Life: A Compendium of the Best Autobiographical and Memoir Writing by Eve Claxton","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780091908461\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbury, January 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e496 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom childhood through to adulthood - if not necessarily maturity - \"The Book of Life\" offers the literary journal of a lifetime, in the company of the most fascinating and talented figures in history. From Alan Bennett's wartime childhood in Yorkshire to Mahatma Gandhi's experiment with cigarettes; Katherine Hepburn on her first acting job aged 21 and Primo Levi on being captured by Fascist militia at the same age; Darwin on his lifelong love - his work - and Nelson Mandela on his release from prison aged 71 ...life and living in all its manifold glories is represented. With insights that encompass generations and continents, this is a uniquely enjoyable immersion in some of the world's best, and most personal, writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47370781098146,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/71T2dS-j7dL._SY342.jpg?v=1782735109","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/book-of-life-a-compendium-of-the-best-autobiographical-and-memoir-writing-by-eve-claxton","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}