{"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 Medicis - 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\n\u003cbr\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":"Milan Kundera","offers":[{"title":"Very good","offer_id":45102607401150,"sku":"9780571149032V","price":12.6,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fair","offer_id":45102607433918,"sku":"9780571149032F","price":11.7,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well read","offer_id":45102607466686,"sku":"9780571149032W","price":11.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/2283\/4851\/files\/9166433482391.jpg?v=1747954312","url":"https:\/\/www.babelbooks.com.au\/products\/life-is-elsewhere","provider":"BabelBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}