{"product_id":"9781787705463-house-on-via-gemito","title":"The House on Via Gemito","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLonglisted for the International Booker Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the STREGA PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Starnone uses languages the way a great painter works with colour, conjuring the illusion of three dimensions from a blank flat surface.” —Jhumpa Lahiri \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of Italy’s most accomplished novelists.” —\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Masterly.” —\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eFederì, 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 sons bear the brunt. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrated against the background of a Naples still marked by WWII and first published in Italy over 20 years ago, \u003cem\u003eThe House on Via Gemito\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41557474213985,"sku":"9781787705463","price":8.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36337429.jpg?v=1759409547","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787705463-house-on-via-gemito","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}