{"product_id":"until-further-notice-i-am-alive","title":"Until Further Notice  I Am Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2008  Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a brain tumour  and told he had only one or two years to live. In this remarkable record of those years  lived out in three-month intervals between scans  he examines the question of how to live with death in sight.  As the tumour progressed  Tom engaged intensely and imaginatively with work  art  friends  and his wife and their young son  while trying to remain focused on the fact of his impending death. His tumour was located in the area of the brain associated with language  and he describes losing control over the spoken and written word and the resources he drew on to keep communicating; a struggle which brought him ever closer to the mysteries of the origin of speech. As the Independents chief art critic  he was renowned for the clarity and unconventionality of his writing  and the same fierce intelligence permeates this extraordinary memoir. This is a book written by a man wholly engaged with life even as it ends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984137449525,"sku":"ByrdShop_1847085318","price":91.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781847085313.jpg?v=1770824451","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/until-further-notice-i-am-alive","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}