{"product_id":"gods-mountain-9781573229609","title":"God's Mountain","description":"This is a story told by a boy in his thirteenth year, recorded in his secret diary. His life is about to change; his world, about to open.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lives in Montedidio--God's Mountain--a cluster of alleys in the heart of Naples. He brings a paycheck home every Saturday from Mast'Errico's carpentry workshop where he sweeps the floor. He is on his way to becoming a man--his boy's voice is abandoning him. His wooden boomerang is neither toy nor tool, but something in between. Then there is Maria, the thirteen-year-old girl who lives above him and, like so many girls, is wiser than he. She carries the burden of a secret life herself. She'll speak to him for the first time this summer. There is also his friendship with a cobbler named Rafaniello, a Jewish refugee who has escaped the horrors of the Holocaust, who has no idea how long he's been on this earth, and who is said to sprout wings for a blessed few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1963, a young man's summer of discovery. A time for a boy with innocent hands and a pure heart to look beyond the ordinary in everyday things to see the far-reaching landscape, and all of its possibilities, from a rooftop terrace on God's Mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErri De Luca was born in Naples in 1950. He is a columnist for Il Manifesto and a novelist whose work has been translated into seven languages. He lives outside of Rome.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670868005138,"sku":"9781573229609","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e61e862-caf1-4ea7-bc8b-44d157a58944.jpg?v=1733790466","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gods-mountain-9781573229609","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}