{"product_id":"room-on-the-sea-three-novellas-9780374613419","title":"Room on the Sea: Three Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree hypnotic novellas about obsessional love, missed connections, and enduring regret by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe short fictions in \u003ci\u003eRoom on the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e deal with the heart-wrenching vicissitudes of amorous ambivalence, in Andr? Aciman's inimitably nostalgic, lyric style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Gentleman from Peru\" tells the story of the life-changing encounter of a group of friends with an enigmatic solitary guest in a hotel on the Amalfi Coast. \"Room on the Sea\" is a dialogue between a man and a woman who meet on jury duty and embark on a complex relationship. \"Mariana\" is a modern retelling of a famous seventeenth-century novel about a love affair between a nun and a swashbuckling, unreliable aristocrat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one writes about the ups and downs, the yeses and nos, of contemporary love like Aciman. As \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) writes: \"You don't so much read Andr? Aciman's novels as tumble breathlessly into them.\"\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 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374613419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\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\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2025 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andr? Aciman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331950731445,"sku":"9780374613419","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a0ad2456-892f-4abd-b0b8-31a3d5a94a20.jpg?v=1745938756","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/room-on-the-sea-three-novellas-9780374613419","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}