{"product_id":"in-farthest-seas","title":"In Farthest Seas","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eInterpreter of Maladies\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of short, razor-sharp modern literary classics like Annie Ernaux and Joan Didion's \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e \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 \u003ci\u003eIn Farthest Seas\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \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. \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, \u003ci\u003eIn Farthest Seas\u003c\/i\u003e 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":"Brian Robert Moore, Lalla Romano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47284974452972,"sku":"9781805332350","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781805332350.jpg?v=1770396040","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/in-farthest-seas","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}