{"product_id":"the-house-on-via-gemito-9781609459239","title":"The House on Via Gemito","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e・\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e EDITORS’ CHOICE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis extraordinary Strega Prize-winning novel confirms Domenico Starnone’s reputation as one of Italy’s greatest living writers. Told against the backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, a city that itself becomes a vivid character in this lush, atmospheric novel, \u003cem\u003eThe House on Via Gemito \u003c\/em\u003eis a masterpiece of Italian fiction, one that is steeped in Neapolitan lore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA modest apartment in Via Gemito smelling of paint and turpentine. Its furniture pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio. Drying canvases moved from bed to floor each night. Federí, the father, a railway clerk, is convinced that he possesses great artistic promise. If it weren’t for the family he must feed and the jealousy of his fellow Neapolitan artists, nothing would stop him from becoming a world-famous painter. Ambitious and frustrated, genuinely talented but also arrogant and resentful, Federí is scarred by constant disappointment. He is a larger-than-life character, a liar, a fabulist, and his fantasies shape the lives of those around him, especially his young son, Mimi, short for Domenico, who will spend a lifetime trying to get out from under his father’s shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarnone, a finalist for the National Book Award with \u003cem\u003eTrick\u003c\/em\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e notable book of the year, \u003cem\u003eTies\u003c\/em\u003e, and the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eTrust, \u003c\/em\u003etakes readers beyond the slim, novella-length works for which he is known by American readers to create a vast fresco of family, fatherhood, and modern Naples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Domenico Starnone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201855357046,"sku":"9781609459239","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e5c0c0cc-b338-45ae-a3cf-56deea5ae38c.jpg?v=1777483650","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-house-on-via-gemito-9781609459239","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}