{"product_id":"that-summer-in-puglia-9781912477999","title":"That Summer In Puglia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction. Tommaso has escaped discovery for thirty years but a young private investigator  Will  has tracked him down. Tommaso asks him to pretend never to have found him. To persuade Will  Tommaso recounts the story of his life and his great love. In the process  he comes to recognise his true role in the events which unfolded  and the legacy of unresolved grief. Now hes being presented with a second chance - but is he ready to pay the price it exacts? THAT SUMMER IN PUGLIA is a tale of love  loss  the perils of self-deception and the power of compassion. Puglia offers an ideal setting: its layers of history are integral to the story  itself an excavation of a mans past; Tommasos increasingly vivid memories of its sensuous colours  aromas and tastes  and of how it felt to love and be loved  eventually transform the discomforting tone with which he at first tries to keep Will and painful truths at a distance. This remarkable debut combines a gripping plot and perceptive insights into human nature with delicate lyricism.  \"Very beautiful  surprising and evocative.\"--Simonetta Agnello Hornby  \"This is an enchanting slow burn of a novel; a notable debut. Vescinas voice is admirably clear  her descriptions lucid  and her characters are human to the core.\"--Rachel Seiffert  \"THAT SUMMER IN PUGLIA is rich in insights into human emotions. Its the tale of the disastrous course even a great love can take if bitterness is allowed to prevail and chances of forgiveness are rejected  but also of the miracles it can work if profoundly experienced and expressed. Valeria Vescinas style has the fluidity of the great European novelists. Her characterisations are at once vivid and poetic  and the plot ever-surprising. Finally  here is the discovery through literature of Puglia  with its remarkable synthesis of Mediterranean history and cultures--and how appropriate  as this is  deep down  Greek tragedy.\"--Edoardo Winspeare\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792638599221,"sku":"ByrdShop_1912477998","price":239.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781912477999.jpg?v=1791197174","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/that-summer-in-puglia-9781912477999","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}