{"product_id":"9780571356904-retail-let-the-old-dead-make-room-for-the-young-dead-faber-stories","title":"Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead: Faber Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Milan Kundera\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 48\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA chance encounter leads a man to spend the afternoon with an older woman, now a widow, who escaped him fifteen years earlier. Neither of them doubts that the day will end in disgust, but for one intimate moment each finds a way to overcome mortality.  Written in 1969, before Milan Kundera was known to English-speaking readers, this story renders male and female characters painful equals, and prompted Philip Roth to admire its 'detached Chekhovian tenderness'.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483040084187,"sku":"9780571356904-RETAIL","price":12.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9780571356904.jpg?v=1701252248","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780571356904-retail-let-the-old-dead-make-room-for-the-young-dead-faber-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}