{"product_id":"9781399734516-separate-rooms","title":"Separate Rooms","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Pride Month read the forgotten Italian queer classic, perfect for fans of Call Me By Your Name\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of a lost classic of twentieth-century Italian literature: a powerful, soul-stirring novel about the strength of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour next Pride Month read: the rediscovered gay cult classic, published in English for the first time in thirty years\u003cbr\u003e'A classic of Italian gay fiction . the whole thing is bathed in elegiac pathos'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A story of love and youth and pain that will have you clutching at your heart . Surely one of the best novels I've ever read'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW SEAN GREER, author of \u003ci\u003eLess\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVilla Coco\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful and poignant'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Andr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé Aciman, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with regret and nostalgia and the impossible striving of memory to recreate life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stunning novel . prepare to be deeply moved'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJACK PARLETT, author of \u003ci\u003eFire Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A discreet, lyrical meditation on the nature of male love'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDMUND WHITE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoon to be a major film directed by Luca Guadagnino (and rumoured to feature a very special \u003ci\u003eHeated Rivalry \u003c\/i\u003estar. )\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585134801270,"sku":"9781399734516","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38845061.jpg?v=1764382634","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399734516-separate-rooms","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}