{"product_id":"9780525432159","title":"Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life, by the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In January 2014, Henning Mankell received a diagnosis of lung cancer. \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e is a response to this shattering news—but it is not a memoir of destruction. Instead, it is a testament to a life fully lived, a tribute to the extraordinary but fleeting human journey that delivers both boundless opportunity and crucial responsibility. In a series of intimate vignettes, Mankell ranges over rich and varied reflections: of growing up in a small Swedish town, where he experiences a startling revelation on a winter morning as a young boy; of living hand-to-mouth during a summer in Paris as an ambitious young writer; of his work at a theater in Mozambique, where \u003ci\u003eLysistrata \u003c\/i\u003eis staged in the midst of civil war; of chance encounters with men and women who changed his understanding of the world. Along the way, Mankell ponders the meaning of a good life, and the critically important ways we can shape the future of humanity if we are fortunate enough to have the choice. Vivid, clear-eyed, and breathtakingly beautiful, \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable parting gift from a great man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007931302128,"sku":"9780525432159","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525432159_p0.jpg?v=1763710647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525432159","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}