{"product_id":"the-young-bride-9781609453343","title":"The Young Bride","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman enters a fantastically strange family in this \"luminous and alarming lesson on desire\" by the international-bestselling author (\u003ci\u003eLa Stampa, Italy\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young woman is promised to the scion of a noble family. While her betrothed is away traveling, she is sent to the family's villa to make her marriage preparations. There, the woman discovers that her future in-laws fear the coming of night, each and every night, and seem to never sleep. As the days pass, the atmosphere turns increasingly surreal, and the young bride's interactions with the family turn increasingly erotic.\u003cbr\u003eIn this \"virtuoso literary performance,\" Alessandro Baricco portrays a cast of mysterious characters who exist outside of the normal rules of causation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Young Bride\u003c\/em\u003e is an adult fable about fate, otherness, and the author's own act of creation (\u003ci\u003eEuropean Literature Network\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Baricco spins it all together into a work of elegance, eroticism and playful make-believe.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1021604\"\u003eAlessandro Baricco\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609453343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609453344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC061000\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027020\"\u003eRomance | Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandro Baricco\u003c\/b\u003e, beloved by readers worldwide for his innovative take on magical realism, his atmospheric novels and memorable characters, is one of Italy's bestselling and most critically acclaimed authors. His novels include \u003ci\u003eSilk \u003c\/i\u003e(Vintage, 1998), \u003ci\u003eAn Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e (Vintage International, 2006), and \u003ci\u003eMr. Gwyn\u003c\/i\u003e (McSweeney's, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44706243313901,"sku":"9781609453343","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3e8ffe97-1644-4e06-9574-0f556425a946.jpg?v=1703952527","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-young-bride-9781609453343","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}