{"product_id":"my-life-by-marc-chagall-9780241331415","title":"My Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarc Chagall's colourful, hilarious, dream-like autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChagall was born in Witebsk in White Russia, the son of a herring merchant who lived opposite a laundress and a chimney sweep. After the Revolution, while waiting for emigration papers, he wrote his autobiography at the age of 34.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e reads like one of Chagall's paintings—emotional, fragmentary, humorous, colourful, and dream-like, soaked in nostalgia for Jewish small-town society, familiar to us from \u003ci\u003eThe Fiddler on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e. It combines a colourist's eye for detail, an artist's passion for life, and a satirical sense of humour with a backdrop of Belle Époque Paris and revolutionary Russia. The character sketches are magnificent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChagall produced 50 illustrations which accompany the text. The first English translation of \u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1965 and it has been in print ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46250031186156,"sku":"9780241331415","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241331415.jpg?v=1741561029","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/my-life-by-marc-chagall-9780241331415","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}