{"product_id":"brief-lives-9780241979396","title":"Brief Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Brookner was born in south London in 1928, the daughter of a Polish immigrant family. She trained as an art historian, and worked at the Courtauld Institute of Art until her retirement in 1988. She published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Start in Life\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1981 and her twenty-fourth, \u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2009. \u003ci\u003eHotel du Lac\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1984 Booker Prize. As well as fiction, Anita Brookner has published a number of volumes of art criticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Brookner's best novels * Penelope Lively, The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly absorbing . . . so great is Brookner's skill as a writer that you will find it difficult not to devour this brilliant novel at one long sitting. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA subtle and thorough exploration of the relationship between nostalgia and old age . . . Brooker [is] one of the bravest novelists around. * Jonathan Coe, Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eCompression, economy and the ability to conjure up an entire personality with a few adroitly chosen words. \u003ci\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect demonstration of these gifts. * Penelope Lively, Evening Standard *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017708110167,"sku":"9780241979396","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241979396.jpg?v=1750774403","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brief-lives-9780241979396","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}