{"product_id":"lost-on-me-9780802162045","title":"Lost on Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bestseller and award-winner in Veronica Raimo's native Italy, \u003cem\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/em\u003e is an irreverent and hilariously inverted bildungsroman from one of the most celebrated young writers working today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a family with an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety, a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions, and a precocious genius brother at the center of their attention, our heroine Vero languishes in boredom in her childhood home. Peering through tiny windows while cramped in her family coven, Vero periodically attempts to strike out but is no match for her mother's relentless tracking methods and masterful guilt trips. Vero's every venture outside their Rome apartment ends in her being unceremoniously returned home. It's no wonder that she becomes a writer - and a liar - inventing stories in a bid for her own sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpikey and clever, Vero delights in her own devious schemes. As she guides us through her failed attempts at emancipation, her discovery of sex and fixations with unwitting men, and ultimately her contentious relationship with reality, she also brings alive Rome from the 1980's through the early 2000's. With restless intelligence and covert tenderness, \u003cem\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/em\u003e takes on the uncertain enterprise of becoming a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, \u003ci\u003eLost On Me\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eNiente di Vero\u003c\/i\u003e) was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Off Prize, the Strega Giovani Prize and the Viareggio Rèpaci Prize. Her 2019 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Girl at the Door\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMiden\u003c\/i\u003e) was called \"Darkly amusing...profoundly feminist\" by \u003ci\u003eJezebel \u003c\/i\u003eand \"tight and provocative\" by \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories have appeared in various anthologies and magazines, here and abroad. She wrote the collection of poems \u003ci\u003eLe bambinacce\u003c\/i\u003e with Marco Rossari. She cowrote the script for the film \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) by director Marco Bellocchio. She contributes cultural articles to various Italian publications, and her translations into Italian include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Octavia. E. Butler, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. Film rights to \u003ci\u003eLost On Me\u003c\/i\u003e were acquired by Fandango and the book will also be published in the UK, France and Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597859852562,"sku":"9780802162045","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1362dba9-63f0-4ec6-acf3-b81df6005e3b.jpg?v=1732180357","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lost-on-me-9780802162045","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}