{"product_id":"life-is-elsewhere","title":"Life is Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefriend a budding poet and his adoring mother in this seductive early novel - winner of the Prix Médicis - by the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An artist, clearly one of the greatest to be found anywhere.' Salman Rushdie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Kundera's achievement has been to bring both private life and political life into one comic framework.' Ian McEwan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYoung Jaromil knows he is special; in fact, he is a poet bestowed with literary genius, heir to Rimbaud. He knows this because his adoring mother told him so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdult Jaromil, still revelling in these truths, draws on his talents to find romance whilst making his mark on the world through both his poetry and advancing the Communist revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSon, Poet, Lover. In which of these roles does Jaromil's true existence lie?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA blazingly satirical reflection on the 'lyrical age' of youthful innocence, this ironic epic of adolescence showcases Kundera's savage yet tender wit at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45637340168371,"sku":"9780571197774","price":719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81co4Tws52L.jpg?v=1783076354","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/life-is-elsewhere","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}