{"product_id":"9781529922547-lifescapes","title":"Lifescapes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Biographer’s Search for the Soul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed biographer and obituarist for \u003ci\u003eThe Economist \u003c\/i\u003ereflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eLifescapes\u003c\/i\u003e is the universe in miniature'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is soul that I go looking for. Or, to put it another way, real life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She's a genius, I believe'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHILARY MANTEL, author of \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What is life?' asked the poet Shelley, and could not come up with an answer. Scientists, too, for all their understanding of how life manifests, thrives and evolves, have still not plumbed that fundamental question. Yet biographers and obituarists continue to corral lives in a few columns, or a few hundred pages, aware all the time how fleeting and elusive their subject is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this dazzlingly original blend of memoir, biography, observation and poetry, Ann Wroe reflects on the art and impossibility of capturing life on the page. Through her experiences and those of others, through people she has known, studied or merely glimpsed in windows, she movingly explores what makes a life and how that life lingers after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnimated by Wroe's rare imagination, eye for the telling detail, and the wit, beauty and clarity of her writing, \u003ci\u003eLifescapes\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous, deeply personal answer to Shelley's question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540103274593,"sku":"9781529922547","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32317887.jpg?v=1737186930","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529922547-lifescapes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}