{"product_id":"the-body-is-a-temporary-gathering-place-9781957392301","title":"The Body Is a Temporary Gathering Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Bertaina\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Autofocus Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Autofocus Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Bertaina is going through a mid-life crisis: failed marriage, child-rearing, self-doubt, ennui, the works. Naturally, Bertaina does what any of us would do; he draws inspiration from the poster boy of mid-life crisis chroniclers, the 16th-century essayist Michele de Montaigne, channeling misgivings into meditations, lostness into longing. The essays in The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place deal with a variety of timeless and universal topics: e.g., how to woo a French woman on a train, male caregiving, how to cannibalize your spouse, and the riddle of time. The essays promise no answers. They do, however, strive to capture the beauty that lingers in a life passing all too quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Autofocus Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779456221335,"sku":"9781957392301","price":1408.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781957392301.webp?v=1778036758","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-body-is-a-temporary-gathering-place-9781957392301","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}