{"product_id":"lives-other-than-my-own-paperback","title":"Lives Other Than My Own - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AS ONE OF THE 50 BEST MEMOIRS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You begin this memoir thinking it will be about one thing, and it turns into something else altogether--a book at once more ordinary and more extraordinary than any first impressions might allow.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Moving...Carrère's prose is precise and measured...Through interviews with friends and relatives of both families, he creates powerful portraits that celebrate ordinary lives.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author Emmanuel Carrère's, \u003ci\u003eLives Other Than My Own\u003c\/i\u003e is an act of generous imagination that unflinchingly records devastating loss and, equally vividly, the wealth of human solace that follows in its wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Sri Lanka, a tsunami sweeps a child out to sea, her grandfather helpless against the onrushing water. In France, a young woman succumbs to illness, leaving her husband and small children bereft. Present at both events, Emmanuel Carrère sets out to tell the story of two families--shattered and ultimately restored. What he accomplishes is nothing short of a literary miracle: a heartrending narrative of endless love, a meditation on courage and decency in the face of adversity, an intimate and reverent look at the extraordinary beauty and nobility of ordinary lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrecise, sober, and suspenseful, as full of twists and turns as any novel, \u003ci\u003eLives Other Than My Own\u003c\/i\u003e confronts terrifying catastrophes to illuminate the astonishing richness of human connection: a grandfather who thought he had found paradise--too soon--and now devotes himself to helping his neighbors rebuild their village; a husband so in love with his ailing wife that he carries her in his arms like a knight does his princess; and finally, Carrère himself, longtime chronicler of the tormented self, who unexpectedly finds consolation and even joy as he immerses himself in the lives of others.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433653928159,"sku":"9781250013774","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/I-2usfhzTD9781250013774.webp?v=1790016747","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/lives-other-than-my-own-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}