{"product_id":"long-winter","title":"Long Winter","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable for the first time in a beautiful stand-alone edition, one of Colm Tóibín's finest short stories and \"the most striking example of \u003c\/b\u003eTóibín\u003cb\u003e's emotional control\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eA Long Winter\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain--this edition includes a new afterword by the author on how he came to write the story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young man named Miquel returns to his family in the Catalan Pyrenees upon completing his military service. His younger brother, Jordi, will be departing for his service a week after Miquel's arrival. He will be gone for two years. Miquel notices their mother's increasingly erratic behavior and understands that she is drinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she becomes increasingly unstable, her husband resorts to drastic measures. Unable to abide his betrayal and her own grief, she walks off into the mountains. A blizzard sets in and the search for her is futile. No one will find her until the spring thaw arrives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous story of loss, grief, and longing, \"A Long Winter\" describes an extraordinary bond between a mother and son and a haunting portrait of a family in crisis. Tóibín's powers of imagination and transfixing emotional insight are on full display.","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288821678316,"sku":"9781668212714","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781668212714.jpg?v=1770575383","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/long-winter","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}