{"product_id":"like-death","title":"Like Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike Death\u003c\/em\u003e by Guy de Maupassant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy de Maupassant places the successful painter Olivier Bertin at the center of a novel about love and its betrayals. Artistic achievement offers no simple protection from emotional vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interest lies in the distance between seeing clearly and understanding oneself. It makes a productive discussion of desire, self-deception and the limits of the stories through which people explain their attachments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e The cover represents the NYRB Classics paperback (ISBN 9781681370323). Apple Books offers the ebook (9781681370330). Both are translated from the French by Richard Howard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guy de Maupassant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50822310953122,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/9781681370323.tif?v=1794099966","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.com\/products\/like-death","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}