{"product_id":"lalla-romano-in-farthest-seas-9781805332350","title":"In Farthest Seas","description":"A breathtakingly beautiful novel about the first 4 years and last 4 months of a great love, by a \"lacerating, luminous\" Italian author (Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Interpreter of Maladies) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of short, razor-sharp modern literary classics like Annie Ernaux and Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpon the death of her husband, Innocenzo Monti, Lalla Romano sought to distil the essence of their long life together. The result was In Farthest Seas a piercingly intimate retelling of the first 4 years and final 4 months of their relationship, built from shard-like moments of connection and revelation. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 1st section spans the couple's early attraction, which developed through long conversations on hikes in the mountains surrounding Cuneo, to their wedding and arrival at their first home together. A subtle note of elegy sounds through these recollections of love, and this note comes to the fore in the longer 2nd section that recounts the final 4 months of Innocenzo's life. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith precise artistry, Romano braids together seemingly minor details--the expressiveness of Innocenzo's hands, the beauty of his face in sleep, a fleeting instance of pallor--that come to reveal the barest truths of life and death. Unsparing yet tender, minimal yet monumental, In Farthest Seas is a startlingly moving elegy, and perhaps the greatest work by a rediscovered Italian master, who's been compared to Natalia Ginzburg and Cesare Pavese.","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53795203449174,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/lalla-romano-in-farthest-seas-9781805332350","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}