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Writing her autobiography in three parts regarding a special phase of her life. \u003cem\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/em\u003e describes the end of her marriage and a new start - not knowing what will come next, not knowing that she has to face an even more terminal loss.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDeborah Levy was born in South Africa in 1959. She was nine years old when her father, a member of the African National Congress, was released from prison and the family moved to England. In 2013, she began writing her three-part “living autobiography”. In \u003cem\u003eThings I Don’t Want To Know\u003c\/em\u003e she posed a question to herself: “Why I write”, a response to George Orwell’s famous essay from 1946. 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While Odenigbo, a professor of mathematics and, in his heart, a revolutionary, fights against the injustices of colonial rule, his houseboy, Ugwu, takes his first tentative steps into life beyond family and village community. Olanna is growing up in a rich Igbo family, but despite her stunning beauty, she is not very self-confident. She gives up her privileged life for her love of Odenigbo. Olanna’s twin sister, Kainene, is not beautiful, but sharp-tongued, idiosyncratic, and a successful businesswoman. Her attraction to the awkward British writer Richard remains one of her many secrets, in contrast to Richard’s frank fascination and unconditional love for Kainene and later for Biafra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is one of the most acclaimed authors of her generation. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages and has won numerous prizes, among them: the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (2005),\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ethe Orange Prize (2007), the National Book Critics Circle Award (2013), and the PEN Pinter Prize (2018). In \u003c\/span\u003e2009, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave her first TED Talk, “The Danger of A Single Story,” which is one of the most-viewed TED Talks of all time. Her 2012 talk “We Should All Be Feminists” has started a worldwide conversation about feminism. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2020, her novel \u003cem\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/em\u003e received the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of the Winners” (25 years). Adichie is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the UN Foundation Global Leadership Award, and the Africa Freedom Prize. 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He won numerous prizes, including the Man Booker Prize, the Irish Book Award, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 2005 John Banville won the Booker Prize for \u003cem\u003eThe Sea, \u003c\/em\u003eand the jury noted: ”a masterly study of grief, memory and love recollected“ […] A man attempts to escape a recent loss while confronting a trauma from a long lost summer, in John Banville‘s haunting and evocative novel.“ Max is an exceptional narrator: intelligent, hurt and attentive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. After college he worked for the airline Aer Lingus and enjoyed traveling widely. His literary reputation is built on the fictional portraits of three brilliant scientists (Copernicus, Kepler, Newton), but his writing comprises a variety of forms: novels, including crime novels, scripts and plays, and he is literary editor for the Irish Times. He lives in Dublin. More information under \u003ca title=\"John Banville\" href=\"http:\/\/www.john-banville.com\/\"\u003ewww.john-banville.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Design\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOur edition of Banville’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is set by Erik Spiekermann in Signifier, designed by Kris Sowersby. Signifier is a “brutalist“ response to 17th century typefaces. The jacket design is inspired by a classic tweed pattern with a futuristic touch. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is signed by John Banville and the edition is limited to 998 copies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAbout the Production and Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetterpress printing on a 1954 Heidelberg Cylinder\u003cbr\u003ePaper: 90g Schleipen Werkdruck\/Gmund Cotton\u003cbr\u003eEndpaper: Schabert color Bütten 415 in maize yellow\u003cbr\u003eLinen: Schabert Brillianta Linen 4047 dark green\u003cbr\u003eDesign and typesetting by Erik Spiekermann \u003cbr\u003eSet in Signifier by Kris Sowersby, FF Nort by Jörg Hemker and FF Real by Erik Spiekermann \u003cbr\u003e176p. \u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-3-949164-02-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eFree Shipping\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOC Publishing Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41252458332338,"sku":"3","price":168.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/6921\/6857\/files\/square_TOC_Banville_front_highres_c6954ba6-f0d8-4e6e-9713-a39e5f5448ff.png?v=1778512617"},{"product_id":"toc-4-william-boyd-any-human-heart","title":"William Boyd | Any Human Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“What a time I’ve had … Every decade. 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In 1981 he published his first novel, \u003cem\u003eA Good Man in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, for which he won the Whitbread Literary Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. He has published sixteen books, several screenplays, collections of short stories, and non-fiction writings. His novels and stories have been published worldwide and translated into over thirty languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Typography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRamiro Espinoza studied type design in The Hague and Antwerp. There he came across the work of a lesser-known French punchcutter, François Guyot, who worked in Antwerp during the sixteenth century. Espinoza’s design combines the elegance of the historic model with contemporary efficiency. A good Italic was needed to distinguish the comments between the sections of the story. 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For titles, chapter headings, and other places requiring a louder voice, we picked a typeface by a good friend, Christoph Koeberlin, who describes his Fabrikat thus: “It is a geometric typeface which is based on 20th-century German engineers’ typefaces. Due to its constructed architecture, it works well in headlines and other display use.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAbout the Production and Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetterpress printing: Die Lettertypen Berlin\u003cbr\u003eon a 1954 Original Heidelberg Cylinder\u003cbr\u003eBook jacket printed on Gmund Cotton \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Binding \u0026amp; finishing at Buchbinderei Müller, Leipzig \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaper: 90g Schleipen Werkdruck\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndpapers: Peyer Surbalin Linea\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover linen: Schabert Brillianta\u003cbr\u003eSet in FF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hertz by\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eJens Kutilek\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFABRIKAT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Christoph Köberlin\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted in Germany\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-3-949164-05-7\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFree Shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOC Publishing Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600394354955,"sku":"5","price":168.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/6921\/6857\/files\/square_TOC_Kolbert_front_highres_2a9cd1a7-98ae-4476-ab0d-f67bd514a988.png?v=1778513475"},{"product_id":"claire-messud-the-woman-upstairs","title":"Claire Messud | The Woman Upstairs","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Woman Upstairs” by Claire Messud is a thought-provoking novel that explores the complexities of identity, desire, and artistic ambition. 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