{"product_id":"in-farthest-seas-9781805332350","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLalla Romano \u003c\/b\u003e(1906-2001) was an Italian novelist, poet, translator and visual artist. Initially more active as a painter, from the 1940s Romano turned increasingly to writing, publishing her first poetry collection in 1941. During the Second World War she returned to her home province of Cuneo and became involved with the partisans. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eMaria\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1953, and she went on to become one of Italy's most renowned writers, earning the Pavese Prize and the Strega Prize. Her novel \u003ci\u003eA Silence Shared\u003c\/i\u003e is also available from Pushkin Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Robert Moore \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated works by Italian authors such as Michele Mari, Lalla Romano and Goliarda Sapienza. For his translations, he has received the O. Henry Prize and two PEN Translates Awards. His translation of \u003ci\u003eA Silence Shared\u003c\/i\u003e was runner-up for the 2024 John Florio Prize and shortlisted for the 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572472643858,"sku":"9781805332350","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b813eb4-3419-4770-98d4-742bc2d1fd6d.jpg?v=1755863373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-farthest-seas-9781805332350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}