{"product_id":"devotion-9781474613361","title":"Devotion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, COMING VALENTINE''S DAY 2022  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An absolute scorcher'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The book about infidelity that has shaken up Italy''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Intimate and ultimately moving... completely absorbing''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A must-read''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e thrilled me, made me think and moved me deeply... Irresistible''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlo, a part-time professor of creative writing, and Margherita, an architect-turned-real estate-agent: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties, perfectly attuned to each other''s restlessness. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFidelity\u003c\/i\u003e thrilled me (I read it in one sitting), made me think, and moved me deeply. \u003cb\u003eIt manages to be as deep as any literature, and as irresistible as any gossip\u003c\/b\u003e. It is a \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003ework by a brilliant writer. * Jonathan Safran Foer *\u003cbr\u003eThe book about infidelity that \u003cb\u003ehas shaken up Italy\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMissiroli's erotically charged novel is currently being made into a Netflix series, but this intimate and ultimately moving analysis of desire and the long-term legacy of betrayal \u003cb\u003edeserves to be read\u003c\/b\u003e - moving seamlessly between perspectives, we're brought up close to the lives of its sympathetically imagined characters in a way that's \u003cb\u003ecompletely absorbing\u003c\/b\u003e. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn absolute scorcher\u003c\/b\u003e... Clever structured with characters criss-crossing through one another's lives and the streets of Milan, with the second half of the book taking place nine years later, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFidelity \u003c\/i\u003eteems with pain and pleasure, blood, sweat, and semen\u003c\/b\u003e... Its descriptions of gory fight scenes between both dogs and men pulse with a kind of brutal machismo I'm not sure you'd find in an English novel today... \u003cb\u003eRead \u003ci\u003eFidelity \u003c\/i\u003ebefore the end of the year. Books are almost always better than their TV adaptations\u003c\/b\u003e. * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage\u003c\/b\u003e, where a couple in their thirties is tested by their attraction to others, and by their own accumulation of desires and disappointments. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must-read\u003c\/b\u003e... Marco Missiroli, with \u003cb\u003eintelligence and empathy\u003c\/b\u003e, considers how and why such people might find themselves wandering beyond the boundaries of promises they have made... This \u003cb\u003esubtle \u003c\/b\u003enovel has been lauded as a revealing study in marital infidelity, but it also moves beyond the theme of fidelity in traditional marriage to explore different kinds of sexual fidelity. And it touches on more abstract notions of loyalty and betrayal, including the idea of faithfulness to a family, an idea, a place, or a sense of one's true self. * Sydney Morning Herald *\u003cbr\u003eA writer of \u003cb\u003epure excellence\u003c\/b\u003e. * Emmanuel Carrère *\u003cbr\u003eMissiroli \u003cb\u003ecuts right through to the darkness of our inner lives\u003c\/b\u003e. * Roberto Saviano *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful\u003c\/b\u003e, delicate, exquisite. * Claudio Magris *\u003cbr\u003eMasterful: \u003cb\u003eMissiroli's words are fire\u003c\/b\u003e... The ending - chilling - is \u003cb\u003ejust as good as that of Joyce's \u003ci\u003eThe Dead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * Corriere della Sera *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll feel like taking refuge in the pages of this book \u003c\/b\u003eand never leaving its confines. * La Stampa *\u003cbr\u003eWith all-encompassing writing, Marco Missiroli opens the rooms of his characters and the streets of Milan, the thoughts and the concealed desires, makes \u003cb\u003edialogue and silences reverberate with the spontaneity of great narrators\u003c\/b\u003e. * Il Foglio *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739609510231,"sku":"9781474613361","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474613361.jpg?v=1720052729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/devotion-9781474613361","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}