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The Late Life

4,900 ֏

Additional information

Dimensions 13 × 20 cm
ISBN

978-9939-9353-8-6

Cover

Hardcover

Year

2026

Pages

216

Translator

Editor

Description

In Bernhard Schlink’s novel “The Late Life,” the inevitability of death becomes the key to discovering the most precious moments of life.
Martin, a distinguished lawyer and lecturer, is suddenly faced with an incurable disease. Every new day becomes a gift, every morning an anticipation.
As he approaches his final moments, he tries to understand what he can leave to the world and, above all, to his loved ones: his young wife Ulla and his six-year-old son David. During these reflections, a long letter is born to his son, filled with sincere confessions, pain, and words of love, which will become the little boy’s guide in a life where his father, unfortunately, will be present only as a memory.
Schlink masterfully reminds us that even the earliest moments of life are valuable, even the most valuable.