{"product_id":"9781609452766","title":"The Days of Abandonment (10th Anniversary Edition)","description":"From the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years.\"-\u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing.\"-\u003ci\u003eEl Mundo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elena Ferrante has given us a startlingly beautiful novel of exceptional and bold strength.\"-\u003ci\u003eIl Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Severe and rigorously unsentimental, packed full of passages written with dizzying intensity at a rare and acute pitch. Ferrante is at her best when her writing holds tight to those nagging, niggling obsessions that make up our mental landscapes.\"-\u003ci\u003eLa Stampa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA national bestseller for almost an entire year, \u003ci\u003eThe Days of Abandonment\u003c\/i\u003e shocked and captivated its Italian public when first published. It is the gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband with two young children to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060980859120,"sku":"9781609452766","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609452766_p0.jpg?v=1763837556","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609452766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}