{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-1","title":"The Eleventh Hour","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER   From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An inventive and engrossing collection of stories which, though death-tinged, are never doom-laden. With luck this master writer has more tales to tell.  \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to life s final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countries in which he has made his work India, England, and America and feature an unforgettable cast of characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the South  introduces a pair of quarrelsome old men Junior and Senior and their private tragedy at a moment of national calamity. In  The Musician of Kahani,  a musical prodigy from the Mumbai neighborhood featured in \u003ci\u003eMidnight s Children\u003c\/i\u003e uses her magical gifts to wreak devastation on the wealthy family she marries into. In  Late,  the ghost of a Cambridge don enlists the help of a lonely student to enact revenge upon the tormentor of his lifetime.  Oklahoma  plunges a young writer into a web of deceit and lies as he tries to figure out whether his mentor killed himself or faked his own death. And  The Old Man in the Piazza  is a powerful parable for our times about freedom of speech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it  Do we spend our  eleventh hour  in serenity or in rage  And how do we achieve fulfillment with our lives if we don t know the end of our own stories  \u003ci\u003eThe Eleventh Hour\u003c\/i\u003e ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53782965616978,"sku":"9798217154197","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_45ea6908-f5fa-4944-b40a-6e7718cb18df.jpg?v=1781750305","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-1","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}