{"product_id":"9781789295528-secondhand-life-lessons-from-literature","title":"Life Lessons from Literature","description":"'I read a book one day and my whole life was changed' ... So confesses the narrator of Orhan Pamuk's novel  The New Life . But what can we learn from reading books?  Life Lessons from Literature  poses this broad question by examining the works of some of the  greatest writers  in history. In it, we can draw wisdom from Charles Dickens' views on poverty and wealth; draw comfort from ideas about love from Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. Yet books are about much more than just romance and money. Through  careful examination  of over  one hundred classic works  of world literature, life lessons are also drawn from themes such as  conflict  and  oppression, identity and psychology , showing how  literature enriches and informs  our understanding of ourselves and the wider world around us. From Brazil to Japan, the Americas to Africa; from Victor Hugo to Mark Twain and Chinua Achebe to Haruki Murakami, you will find literature from around the world in this gem of a book, in which the  plots may differ  but the  themes and the lessons  they have to teach us are entirely  universal . Life Lessons from Literature  is a must for all bibliophiles, providing a concise and highly accessible bucket list of  must-read books  that teaches us so many fundamental truths and  broadens our minds .","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50977332625627,"sku":"9781789295528-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3c71422d-b41a-4860-842d-f3c79361d832.jpg?v=1793268369","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781789295528-secondhand-life-lessons-from-literature","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}