{"product_id":"whereabouts-9781526629975","title":"Whereabouts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author is a haunting portrait of a woman, her decisions, her conversations, and her solitariness in a beautiful and lonely Italian city. It is a rare work of fiction that pushes boundaries and captures a woman standing on one of life's thresholds, reflecting on what has been lost and facing what may lie ahead. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 March 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A hypnotic disappearing act   OBSERVER     The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning,Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author:   a haunting portrait of a woman,her decisions,her conversations,her solitariness,in a beautiful and lonely Italian city    The woman moves through the city,her city,on her own.  She moves along its bright pavements; she passes over its bridges,through its shops and pools and bars. She slows her pace to watch a couple fighting,to take in the sight of an old woman in a waiting room; pauses to drink her coffee in a shaded square.  Sometimes her steps take her to her grieving mother,sealed off in her own solitude. Sometimes they take her to the station,where the trains can spirit her away for a short while.  But in the arc of a year,as one season gives way to the next,transformation awaits. One day at the sea,both overwhelmed and replenished by the suns vital heat,her perspective will change forever.  A rare work of fiction, Whereabouts  – first written in Italian and then translated by the author herself – brims with the impulse to cross barriers.  By grafting herself onto a new literary language,Lahiri has pushed herself to a new level of artistic achievement. A dazzling evocation of a city,its captures a woman standing on one of lifes thresholds,reflecting on what has been lost and facing,with equal hope and rage,what may lie ahead.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel, \"Whereabouts,\" written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author, is a haunting portrayal of a woman's decisions, conversations, and solitariness in a beautiful and lonely Italian city. The woman moves through the city on her own, observing couples fighting, old women in waiting rooms, and trains that can spirit her away for a short while. In the arc of a year, transformation awaits, and one day at the sea, her perspective will change forever. The novel is a rare work of fiction that captures the impulse to cross barriers. Lahiri has pushed herself to a new level of artistic achievement by grafting herself onto a new literary language, creating a dazzling evocation of a city and a woman standing on one of life's thresholds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 197 x 13 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781526629975\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jhumpa Lahiri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44094377001210,"sku":"9781526629975","price":6.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1648812889651_book.jpg?v=1648833144","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/whereabouts-9781526629975","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}