{"product_id":"last-summer-in-the-city-a-novel-9780374600150","title":"Last Summer in the City: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English  Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature. Biting  tragic  and endlessly quotable  this translated edition features an introductory appreciation from longtime fan New York Times bestselling author Andr Aciman.  In a city smothering under the summer sun and an overdose of la dolce vita  Leo Gazarra spends his time in an alcoholic haze  bouncing between run-down hotels and the homes of his rich and well-educated friends  without whom he would probably starve. At thirty  hes still drifting: between jobs that mean nothing to him  between human relationships both ephemeral and frayed. Everyone he knows wants to graduate  get married  get richbut not him. He has no ambitions whatsoever. Rather than toil and spin  isnt it better to submit to the alienation of the Eternal City  Rome  sometimes a cruel and indifferent mistress  sometimes sweet and sublime? There can be no half measures with her  either shes the love of your life or you have to leave her.  First discovered by Natalia Ginzburg  Last Summer in the City is a forgotten classic of Italian literature  a great novel of a stature similar to that of The Great Gatsby or The Catcher in the Rye. Gianfranco Calligarichs enduring masterpiece has drawn comparisons to such writers as Truman Capote  Ernest Hemingway  and Jonathan Franzen and is here made available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648212262965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374600155","price":22.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374600150.jpg?v=1781712895","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/last-summer-in-the-city-a-novel-9780374600150","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}