{"product_id":"a-search-for-survival-9781847480927","title":"A Search for Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Oxby\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Generation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Generation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is only with hindsight that we are most able to appreciate our past. Richard Oxby's autobiography is not just a retelling of his life but an understanding of it - beginning in rural Somerset and ending in the beautiful Italian countryside, taking many detours along the way. Oxby leads us through his life as the son of a clergyman and his experiences in the 1920s and 1930s as a shy but intelligent child. He goes on to Oxford and then the Navy in the Second World War, becomes a successful ad-man in Paris, and eventually ends up in a charming village in the Italian countryside in a house called La Vigna. With grace, humour and compassion, Oxby takes us through his self-proclaimed 'small' life to show us how important the individual experience is - how a religious upbringing can lead to disillusionment, the effects of war on a small rural community, and the joy and frustration of living a life abroad in Paris in an intellectual, socialist-leaning circle while also raising four children. A Search for Survival illuminates not just one man's life but, by extension, the effect of world events on all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Generation Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46888852160663,"sku":"9781847480927","price":1697.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781847480927.webp?v=1770262226","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-search-for-survival-9781847480927","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}