{"product_id":"inverno-9781250338174","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\u003eis a love story that stretches across decades. \u003ci\u003eInverno \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 brilliantly original novel by Cynthia Zarin, 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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338174\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","brand":"Cynthia Zarin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792525390005,"sku":"9781250338174","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_78a5044b-baa3-478a-8a14-5a86311424ef.jpg?v=1731426487","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/inverno-9781250338174","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}