{"product_id":"vietri-project","title":"Vietri Project","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eVietri Project\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNicola Derobertis-Theye\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780063017702\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLithub\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGood Reads\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Vietri Project\u003c\/em\u003e is\u003cbr\u003ea riveting, shifting quest, an evocative trip to Rome, and a beautiful\u003cbr\u003eportrayal of the ways you need to return to the past in order to move forward.\u003cbr\u003eA great delight from start to finish.\"--Lily King, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWriters and Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA search for a mysterious customer in Rome leads a young bookseller to confront the complicated history of her family, and that of Italy itself, in this achingly intimate debut with echoes of Lily King and Elif Batuman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking at a bookstore in Berkeley in the years after college, Gabriele becomes intrigued by the orders of signor Vietri, a customer from Rome whose numerous purchases grow increasingly mystical and esoteric. Restless and uncertain of her future, Gabriele quits her job and, landing in Rome, decides to look up Vietri. Unable to locate him, she begins a quest to unearth the well-concealed facts of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing a trail of obituaries and military records, a memoir of life in a village forgotten by modernity, and the court records of a communist murder trial, Gabriele meets an eclectic assortment of the city's inhabitants, from the widow of an Italian prisoner of war to members of a generation set adrift by the financial crisis. Each encounter draws her unexpectedly closer to her own painful past and complicated family history--an Italian mother diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized during her childhood, and an extended family in Rome still recovering from the losses and betrayals in their past. Through these voices and histories, Gabriele will discover what it means to be a person in the world; a member of a family and a citizen of a country--and how reconciling these stories may be the key to understanding her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Vietri Project | Nicola Derobertis-Theye | Hardcover | 9780063017702 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760261","offer_id":49199077818520,"sku":"1760261","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81CHIvB5JpL.jpg?v=1780694475","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/vietri-project","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}