{"product_id":"devotion-4","title":"Devotion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, COMING VALENTINE''S DAY 2022  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An absolute scorcher'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The book about infidelity that has shaken up Italy''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Intimate and ultimately moving... completely absorbing''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A must-read''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e thrilled me, made me think and moved me deeply... Irresistible''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlo, a part-time professor of creative writing, and Margherita, an architect-turned-real estate-agent: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties, perfectly attuned to each other''s restlessness. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margherita fantasises about the strong hands of her physiotherapist, Andrea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it is love, with its unassuming power, which ultimately pulls them from the brink, aided by Margherita''s mother Anna, the couple''s anchor and lighthouse - a wise, proud seamstress hiding her own disappointments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut after eight years of repressed desires and the birth of a son, when the past resurfaces in the form of books sent anonymously, will love be enough to save them?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA no. 1 international bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Premio Strega Giovani\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Premio Strega\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Powerful, delicate, exquisite'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudio Magris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Masterful... The ending is just as good as that of Joyce''s \u003ci\u003eThe Dead\u003c\/i\u003e'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You''ll feel like taking refuge in this book and never leaving its confines'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLa Stampa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''With all-encompassing writing, Marco Missiroli opens the rooms of his characters and the streets of Milan, the thoughts and the concealed desires, makes dialogue and silences reverberate with the spontaneity of great narrators'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIl Foglio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314617819518,"sku":"NW9781474613361","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781474613361.jpg?v=1778713856","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/devotion-4","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}