{"product_id":"inverno-9780374610135","title":"Inverno","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring, heartbreaking novel, \u003ci\u003eInverno \u003c\/i\u003eis the book that J. D. Salinger's Franny Glass might have written a few decades into her adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaroline waited for fifteen minutes in the snow. After a little time had passed, she was simply waiting to see what would happen. It was entirely possible he would not come. If he did not come, she would be in a different story than the one she had imagined, but it was possible, she knew, to imagine anything.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInverno\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story that stretches across decades. \u003ci\u003eInverno\u003c\/i\u003e is also the story of Caroline, waiting in Central Park in a snowstorm for her phone to ring, yards from where, thirty years ago, Alastair, as a boy, hid in the trees. Will he call? Won't he? The story moves the way the mind does: years flash by in an instant--now we are in the perilous world of fairy tale, now stranded anew in childhood, with its sorrows and harsh words. Ever-present are the complicated negotiations of the heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis startling and brilliantly original novel by Cynthia Zarin, the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Enlarged Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, is a kaleidoscope in which the past and the present shatter. Elliptical and inventive in the mode of Elizabeth Hardwick's \u003ci\u003eSleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInverno \u003c\/i\u003eis miraculous and startling. It asks, How does love make and unmake a life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374610135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cynthia Zarin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271754842293,"sku":"9780374610135","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aaaae956-fda2-4228-9cbb-e98a8d5b4ff0.jpg?v=1699956665","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/inverno-9780374610135","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}