{"product_id":"2026200007032-secondhand-story-of-a-life-childhood-and-schooldays","title":"Story of a Life: Childhood and Schooldays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback; clean and stable, with minor shelf wear to the extremities consistent with a mid-century vintage volume. Jacket: Dust jacket present; shows mild edge wear and light sunning to the spine, reflecting its age while remaining structurally intact. Pages: Interior pages are clean and clear, displaying characteristic light tanning to the paper block that does not impede readability. Markings: No internal inscriptions, library stamps, or significant markings; text block is firm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first volume of his expansive, masterfully rendered autobiography, Konstantin Paustovsky captures the fragile beauty and growing anxieties of a youth spent in late Imperial Russia. Set against the backdrop of a world on the precipice of irrevocable change, the narrative follows a young boy’s formative years in Moscow and Kiev. Paustovsky deftly weaves together evocative family portraits and the sharp, observational wonder of childhood, creating a sensory-rich atmosphere where every incident—from the profound to the mundane—is imbued with the budding writer’s burgeoning awareness of the wider world.More than a simple memoir, Childhood and Schooldays serves as the profound prologue to one of the most significant literary endeavors of the Soviet era. Paustovsky’s prose—renowned for its clarity, tenderness, and lyrical precision—transforms his personal history into a universal meditation on the development of the artistic consciousness. Through his eyes, we witness not only the intimate evolution of a singular mind but also the haunting, atmospheric final moments of a society moving steadily toward the thunder of revolution and the dawn of a new, uncertain age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888030789851,"sku":"2026200007032-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/661128fe-791d-411c-9c0e-94f398a00064.png?v=1781753371","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007032-secondhand-story-of-a-life-childhood-and-schooldays","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}