{"product_id":"the-house-on-via-gemito-9798889660262","title":"The House on Via Gemito","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeder?, a railway clerk, is convinced that if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world-famous painter. Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment. His long-suffering wife and their four children bear the brunt. Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated against the background of a Naples still scarred by WWII, The House on Via Gemito is a sweeping family drama by one of Italy's most acclaimed and beloved novelists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Starnone uses language the way a great painter works with color.\"--Jhumpa Lahiri \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889660262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Domenico Starnone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431950774453,"sku":"9798889660262","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0f5be768-bb26-473e-99db-b608dde275fd.jpg?v=1721139030","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-house-on-via-gemito-9798889660262","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}