{"product_id":"the-silent-period-9781324106098","title":"The Silent Period","description":"\u003cp\u003eCristina Martino is twenty-eight and adrift. Underemployed at a university library in Turin, Italy, she still lives at home with her parents, in the shadow of her successful, married elder sister, Elena. One night, listlessly scrolling through Instagram, Cristina decides to delete her social media profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is at first a digital detox becomes an act of self-effacement: Cristina deprives herself of words, then gestures, then disappears altogether, sparking a growing \"silent revolution.\" When Elena tries to find her, she discovers a world much quieter and stranger than anyone ever imagined. A slender novel of big ideas, \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Period\u003c\/em\u003e probes at solitude--whether chosen or suffered, salvific or fatal--and our need for genuine connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManfredi, Francesca:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFrancesca Manfredi\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Empire of Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUn Buon Posto Dove Stare\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eA Place to Stay In\u003c\/em\u003e), which won Italy's Premio Campiello Opera Prima. She lives in Turin, Italy.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOklap, Ekin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEkin Oklap\u003c\/strong\u003e translates from Turkish and Italian, and currently lives in London. As a translator, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039826571538,"sku":"9781324106098","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b259cdbd-9720-41aa-aef8-e2383060756d.jpg?v=1771416564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-silent-period-9781324106098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}