{"product_id":"quicksand-1","title":"Quicksand","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life, by the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Surely one of the most moving and intriguing farewell notes ever written.... Intensely beautiful in its spirit.\" --Alexander McCall Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In January 2014, Henning Mankell received a diagnosis of lung cancer. \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e is a response to this shattering news--but it is not a memoir of destruction. Instead, it is a testament to a life fully lived, a tribute to the extraordinary but fleeting human journey that delivers both boundless opportunity and crucial responsibility. In a series of intimate vignettes, Mankell ranges over rich and varied reflections: of growing up in a small Swedish town, where he experiences a startling revelation on a winter morning as a young boy; of living hand-to-mouth during a summer in Paris as an ambitious young writer; of his work at a theater in Mozambique, where \u003ci\u003eLysistrata \u003c\/i\u003eis staged in the midst of civil war; of chance encounters with men and women who changed his understanding of the world. Along the way, Mankell ponders the meaning of a good life, and the critically important ways we can shape the future of humanity if we are fortunate enough to have the choice. Vivid, clear-eyed, and breathtakingly beautiful, \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable parting gift from a great man.","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833710883021,"sku":"9780525432159","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_7a53ce03-46af-488e-abbb-518bfed6b20b.jpg?v=1790894437","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/quicksand-1","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}