{"product_id":"9780307398673","title":"What Is Stephen Harper Reading?","description":"“I know you’re very busy, Mr. Harper. We’re all busy. But every person has a space  next to where they sleep, whether a patch of pavement or a fine bedside table. In  that space, at night, a book can glow. And in those moments of docile wakefulness,  when we begin to let go of the day, then is the perfect time to pick up a book and  be someone else, somewhere else, for a few minutes, a few pages, before we fall asleep.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e comes a literary correspondence—recommendations  to Canada’s Prime Minister of great short books that will inspire and delight book  lovers and book club readers across our nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Every two weeks since April 16th,  2007, Yann Martel has mailed Stephen Harper a book along with a letter. These insightful,  provocative letters detailing what he hopes the Prime Minister may take from the  books—by such writers as Jane Austen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Stephen Galloway—are collected here together. The one-sided correspondence (Mr. Harper’s office  has only replied once) becomes a meditation on reading and writing and the necessity  to allow ourselves to expand stillness in our lives, even if we’re not head of government.","brand":"Martel, Yann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Literary Criticism)","offer_id":47354261635296,"sku":"","price":12.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4e601647-197a-456d-99e5-d595b3fb101e.jpg?v=1746970739","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780307398673","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}