{"product_id":"lastingness-the-art-of-old-age-paperback","title":"Lastingness: The Art of Old Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Delbanco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we're \"over\" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment or athletics we're finished long before. But if younger is better, it doesn't appear that youngest is best: we want our teachers, doctors, generals, and presidents to have reached a certain age. In context after context and contest after contest, we're more than a little conflicted about elders of the tribe; when is it right to honor them, and when to say \"step aside\"? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLastingness\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicholas Delbanco, one of America's most celebrated men of letters, profiles great geniuses in the fields of visual art, literature, and music-Monet, Verdi, O'Keeffe, Yeats, among others - searching for the answers to why some artists' work diminishes with age, while others' reaches its peak. Both an intellectual inquiry into the essence of aging and creativity and a personal journey of discovery, this is a brilliant exploration of what determines what one needs to do to keep the habits of creation and achievement alive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Delbanco\u003c\/b\u003e has published twenty-four books of fiction and nonfiction. His most recent novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Concord\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpring and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e; his most recent works of nonfiction are \u003ci\u003eThe Countess of Stanlein Restored\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Suitcase: Reflections on the Literary Life\u003c\/i\u003e. As editor he has compiled the work of, among others, John Gardner and Bernard Malamud. Director of the Hopwood Awards Program at the University of Michigan, he has served as Chair of the Fiction Panel for the National Book Awards, received a Guggenheim Fellowship and, twice, a National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.98 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45423016738918,"sku":"9780446199650","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TVVoZG52T1hGQmdxR1lFK3RSeUh2Zz09.webp?v=1775566233","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/lastingness-the-art-of-old-age-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}