{"product_id":"9780745646770","title":"Letter to D A Love Story","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLetter to D\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Love Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndré Gorz | Julie Rose\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e'You're 82 years old. You've shrunk six centimetres, you only weigh 45 kilos yet you're still beautiful, graceful and desirable' – so begins André Gorz's 'open love letter' to the woman he has lived with for 58 years and who lies dying next to him.  \u003cp\u003eAs one of France's leading post-war philosophers, André Gorz wrote many influential books, but nothing he wrote will be read as widely or remembered as long as this simple, passionate, beautiful letter to his dying wife.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a bittersweet postscript a year after Letter to D was published, a note pinned to the door for the cleaning lady marked the final chapter in an extraordinary love story. André Gorz and his terminally ill wife, Dorine, were found lying peacefully side by side, having taken their lives together. They simply could not live without one another.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eLetter to D\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate love story – and all the more poignant because it's true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndre Gorz\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Austria in 1924, and moved to Paris in 1948, going on to become an editor of \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e. He was one of the founders of \u003ci\u003eLe Nouvel Observateur\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote for it under the pseudonym of Michel Bosquet for some twenty years. His books \u003ci\u003eCritique of Economic Reason\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e are published by Verso.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 May 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745646770\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315554644108,"sku":"9780745646770","price":58.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745646770.jpg?v=1780283678","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745646770","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}