{"product_id":"a-month-in-siena-9780241409503","title":"A Month in Siena","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Month in Siena\u003c\/strong\u003e by Matar, Hisham. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780241409503.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR\nHisham Matar has the quality all historians - of the world and the self - most need: he knows how to stand back and let the past speak Hilary Mantel\n____________________________________\nShortly after completing his searing work of non-fiction, The Return, Hisham Matar set off for Siena, a city he had never visited before. His plan was to see the paintings of the Sienese school, to immerse himself in the work of artists he admired perhaps above all others.\nThis month in Siena would be an extraordinary period in the life of this writer: an immersion in art, a consideration of grief and violence, an intimate encounter with the city and its inhabitants. Hisham Matars short book is the story of how art can console and disturb in equal measure. It is a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and the human condition.\n____________________________________\nWise and agonizing and thrilling to read Zadie Smith\nA moving, unfliching memoir Kazuo Ishiguro\nA treasure for the ages Peter Carey\nIt is likely to become a classic Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viking Drill \u0026 Tool","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789387128885,"sku":"ByrdShop_0241409500","price":140.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780241409503_22f54ae6-739e-4b85-ac3f-b8a0c1f1e9ee.jpg?v=1784751931","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-month-in-siena-9780241409503","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}