{"product_id":"the-pavese-stone-9781967149087","title":"The Pavese Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by the legacy of Cesare Pavese, Judith Vollmer's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pavese Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e unfolds across the Italian countryside and burrows deep into the interior landscapes of memory, mortality, and connection. This is a vivid, haunting, and intimate meditation on the porous boundary between life and death, the longing for communion, the brutality of reality, and the quiet grace that resides within it. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, fortitude, elegy, and quiet dignity are interwoven with a profound desire for expansion. Vollmer's poems offer a sharp attentiveness to the textures of daily life, remaining firmly grounded in the physical world even as the speaker questions the soul's place within it. This is a book of deep listening and keen observation, where even the smallest gesture--such as severing the leather cords of a tethered owl--becomes an act of radical grace. \u003cem\u003eThe Pavese Stone\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us of the power in meeting another's gaze and truly witnessing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear the end, Vollmer invites the reader to embrace and celebrate the ceremony of what one might even consider an unceremonious life: \u003cem\u003e\"Here is a ring I would slide onto your finger, \/ a plain thread.\" \u003c\/em\u003eThe poems of \u003cem\u003eThe Pavese Stone \u003c\/em\u003efind their beauty in the ordinary, elevating moments of stillness and loss into sacred space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781967149087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Judith Vollmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52302287405237,"sku":"9781967149087","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_150850fd-8eee-405c-b0ec-fca5cd6f8159.jpg?v=1772552791","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pavese-stone-9781967149087","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}