{"product_id":"for-the-time-being-rare-books","title":"For the Time Being [RARE BOOKS]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the Time Being [RARE BOOKS]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFirst published in 1998,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFor the Time Being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings together Dirk Bogarde's published work outside of his novels and autobiographies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1988, Dirk Bogarde returned from two idyllic decades in France to live in England, due to his partner's serious illness. Shortly afterwards, the then literary editor of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, admiring the 'lucid frankness' of Bogarde's memoirs, invited him to review some books for the newspaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection includes the famous article 'A Short Walk from Harrods', which Bogarde wrote for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esoon after returning to London. In it he describes what it feels like to walk among familiar ghosts and to dine with those he considers 'the living dead'. A momentous review of three Holocaust books is accompanied by an article in which he describes the extraordinary postbag he received from its readers. In another piece which had a profound impact, he gives forceful vent to his support for euthanasia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt stands as a testimony to a wonderfully varied life, a wide range of interests and sympathies, and a remarkable gift for writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45160127201466,"sku":"2U7L874ZL-Used","price":39.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/timebe.jpg?v=1758135887","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/for-the-time-being-rare-books","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}