{"product_id":"ein-wenig-leben-9783492308700","title":"Ein wenig Leben","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. A MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST. WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE.  A stunning portrait of the enduring grace of friendship (NPR) about the families we are born into  and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.  When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way  theyre broke  adrift  and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind  handsome Willem  an aspiring actor; JB  a quick-witted  sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm  a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn  brilliant  enigmatic Jude  who serves as their center of gravity.  Over the decades  their relationships deepen and darken  tinged by addiction  success  and pride. Yet their greatest challenge  each comes to realize  is Jude himself  by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man  his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood  and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that hell not only be unable to overcomebut that will define his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932311060533,"sku":"ByrdShop_3492308708","price":102.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783492308700.jpg?v=1794223462","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ein-wenig-leben-9783492308700","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}