{"product_id":"the-newton-letter","title":"The Newton Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA nearly perfectly fashioned work of art.Irish Times  An unforgettably elegant tale of obsession and the fragile line between reason and desire.  In this compact literary gem  a historian retreats to a quiet cottage in rural Ireland to complete a biography of Isaac Newtonbut the work stalls when he becomes absorbed by a mysterious letter Newton wrote in 1693  hinting at a personal and philosophical crisis. As the historian tries to understand the letters meaning  his own life begins to spiral.  Drawn into the lives of the people around himCharlotte  cool and distant; Ottilie  impulsive and alluring; and Edward  eccentric and watchfulhe starts to lose his grip on both his project and his perspective. Like Newton  he is undone not by science  but by the murky  unmeasurable forces of the human heart.  Banvilles prose is lyrical and precise  and The Newton Letter is both a meditation on genius and a portrait of quiet unraveling. A must-read for fans of psychological fiction and literary elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44987045937205,"sku":"ByrdShop_1567920969","price":53.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781567920963.jpg?v=1770923846","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-newton-letter","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}