{"product_id":"late-life","title":"Bernhard Schlink: The Late Life [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat can death teach us about life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the greatest achievements of the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLes Echos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Schlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewell' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Figaro litteraire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt seventy-six, Martin Brehm is, by his own measure, content. He tends his garden, writes, and cares for his six-year-old son, David, while his much younger wife pursues her work as a painter. Their life, though unconventional, feels complete - until a diagnosis of terminal cancer gives him only months to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronted with the certainty of his death, Martin becomes determined to secure a future for those he loves and leave behind something lasting. But as his plans unfold, he begins to question what it truly means to give. What will remain a gift and what will become a burden?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. \u003ci\u003eThe Late Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, searching and quietly profound novel that explores how to live fully at the edge of death, the value of a good death and how to leave, well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Germany's most celebrated and popular writers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the German by Charlotte Collins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schlink, Bernhard \u0026 Collins, Charlotte","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54970522173779,"sku":"9781399627559","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/schlink-bernhard-collins-charlotte-bernhard-schlink-the-late-life-2026-9781399627559-1259181936.jpg?v=1789702239","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/late-life","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}