{"product_id":"night-letters-robert-dessaix-9781925143942","title":"Night Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters, against a rich background of earlier journeys in literature, with Dante as his imagined guide, he reflects on what it means to live a good life in the face of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eNight Letters\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Dessaix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dessaix writes with great elegance, with passion, compassion and sly wit. Literally, a wonderful book.' John Banville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An absolutely unique book: intelligent, funny, rich, tender at the right moments, a plum pudding of stories, observations and discoveries.' Alberto Manguel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eNight Letters\u003c\/em\u003e is exhilarating. The goads, the teasing, the question marks fired up into the atmosphere make any passive reading of it quite impossible.' \u003cem\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Dessaix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925143945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925143942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Booktopia Direct Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.71d","brand":"Robert Dessaix","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486338887935,"sku":"9781925143942","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dea3c1e3-00ee-4528-9a6e-305b54e9b1da.jpg?v=1778054953","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/night-letters-robert-dessaix-9781925143942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}