{"product_id":"life-lessons-from-literature","title":"Life Lessons from Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Lessons from Literature \u003c\/i\u003eis a must for all bibliophiles, providing a concise and highly accessible bucket list of must-read books that teaches us so many fundamental truths and broadens our minds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I read a book one day and my whole life was changed’ ... So confesses the narrator of Orhan Pamuk’s novel \u003ci\u003eThe New Life\u003c\/i\u003e. But what can we learn from reading books? \u003ci\u003eLife Lessons from Literature \u003c\/i\u003eposes this broad question by examining the works of some of the \u003cb\u003egreatest writers \u003c\/b\u003ein history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn it, we can draw wisdom from Charles Dickens’ views on poverty and wealth; seek comfort from ideas about love from Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. Yet books are about much more than just romance and money. Through \u003cb\u003ecareful examination \u003c\/b\u003eof over \u003cb\u003eone hundred classic works \u003c\/b\u003eof world literature, life lessons are also drawn from themes such as \u003cb\u003econflict \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eoppression, identity and psychology\u003c\/b\u003e, showing how \u003cb\u003eliterature enriches and informs \u003c\/b\u003eour understanding of ourselves and the wider world around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Brazil to Japan, the Americas to Africa; from Victor Hugo to Mark Twain and Chinua Achebe to Haruki Murakami, you will find literature from around the world in this gem of a book, in which the \u003cb\u003eplots may differ \u003c\/b\u003ebut the \u003cb\u003ethemes and the lessons \u003c\/b\u003ethey have to teach us are entirely \u003cb\u003euniversal\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael O'Mara Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57183628951887,"sku":"9781789295528","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781789295528_1-life-lessons-from-literature.jpg?v=1772821432","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/life-lessons-from-literature","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}