{"product_id":"sevastopol","title":"Sevastopol","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSevastopol\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEmilio Fraia\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811230919\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThree subtly connected stories converge in this chimerical debut, each burrowing into a turning point in a person's life: a young woman gives a melancholy account of her obsession with climbing Mount Everest; a Peruvian-Brazilian vanishes into the forest after staying in a musty, semi-abandoned inn in the haunted depths of the Brazilian countryside; a young playwright embarks on the production of a play about the city of Sevastopol and a Russian painter portraying Crimean War soldiers. \u003cp\u003eInspired by Tolstoy's \u003cem\u003eThe Sevastopol Sketches\u003c\/em\u003e, Emilio Fraia masterfully weaves together these stories of yearning and loss, obsession and madness, failure and the desire to persist, in a restrained manner reminiscent of Anton Chekhov, Roberto Bolano, and Rachel Cusk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Sevastopol | Emilio Fraia | Paperback | 9780811230919 | New | Fiction 1481147","offer_id":50566566183170,"sku":"1481147","price":28.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41_Z_-wAnaL.jpg?v=1790791760","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/sevastopol","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}