{"product_id":"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\u003eFederí, 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","brand":"Domenico Starnone","offers":[{"title":"Europa Editions |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-13","offer_id":45664315080959,"sku":"9798889660262","price":30.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d9a977be-5265-4cca-a643-ab306a2399b6.jpg?v=1717704534","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798889660262","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}