{"product_id":"among-others-friendships-and-encounters-9780571378609","title":"Among Others: Friendships and Encounters","description":"\u003cb\u003eA unique memoir of a lifetime's\u003cbr\u003erelationships - from one of Britain's most beloved literary companions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt's the other people around you, \u003cbr\u003esays Michael Frayn, who make you what you are. So he would like to say a brief\u003cbr\u003eword, looking back on life from his ninetieth year, about a few of the people\u003cbr\u003ewho have formed his own particular world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome were friends; some not; some\u003cbr\u003emore than friends. Some have had a profound effect; some only a passing one.\u003cbr\u003eSome you may know yourself; some you certainly won't. Some he now wonders if he\u003cbr\u003eever really knew himself. The last of his subjects in this selection, and the\u003cbr\u003elongest and closest acquaintance of all, is his own body, a companion on life's\u003cbr\u003eroad at least as idiosyncratic and puzzling as everyone and everything around\u003cbr\u003eit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e is a patchwork memoir\u003cbr\u003eof a lifetime's encounters. Truthful and loving, sometimes elegiac, sometimes\u003cbr\u003ecomic, it is a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Frayn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571378609","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41142661775475,"sku":"9.78057E+12","price":39.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9f7deb06-fe8b-46dc-bd9e-a43a4ad503c6.jpg?v=1701876950","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/among-others-friendships-and-encounters-9780571378609","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}