{"product_id":"in-farthest-seas","title":"Lalla Romano: In Farthest Seas [2025]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharply beautiful and moving masterpiece about love and death by the classic Italian author of \u003ci\u003eA Silence Shared\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon the death of her husband, Innocenzo Monti, Lalla Romano sought to distil the essence of their long life together. The result was \u003ci\u003eIn Farthest Seas\u003c\/i\u003e: a piercingly intimate retelling of the first four years and final four months of their relationship, built from shard-like moments of connection and revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith precise artistry, Romano braids together seemingly minor details - the expressiveness of Innocenzo's hands, the beauty of his face in sleep, a fleeting instance of pallor - that come to reveal the barest truths of life and death. Unsparing yet tender, minimal yet monumental, \u003ci\u003eIn Farthest Seas\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly moving elegy for a great love by a vital Italian writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Brian Robert Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLalla Romano (1906-2001) was an Italian novelist, poet, translator and visual artist. Initially more active as a painter, from the 1940s Romano turned increasingly to writing, publishing her first poetry collection in 1941. During the Second World War she returned to her home province of Cuneo and became involved with the partisans. Her first novel, Maria, was published in 1953, and she went on to become one of Italy's most renowned writers, earning the Pavese Prize and the Strega Prize before her death at the age of 94. Her novel \u003ci\u003eA Silence Shared\u003c\/i\u003e, in Brian Robert Moore's translation, is also available from Pushkin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Romano, Lalla \u0026 Moore, Brian Robert","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53252642308435,"sku":"XE81805332350","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/romano-lalla-moore-brian-robert-in-farthest-seas-xe81805332350-1227265983.jpg?v=1773526236","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/in-farthest-seas","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}