{"product_id":"if-you-kept-a-record-of-sins-paperback","title":"If You Kept a Record of Sins - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Bajani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Bajani's \"beautiful, original, and deeply moving\" (Michael Cunningham) novel, which Jhumpa Lahiri asserts \"accumulates with the quiet urgency of a snowstorm.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prismatic novel that records the indelible marks a mother leaves on her son after she abandons their home in Italy for a business she's building in Romania. Lorenzo, just a young boy when his mother leaves, recalls the incisive fragments of their life - when they would playfully wrestle each other, watch the sunrise, or test out his mother's newest scientific creation. Now a young man, Lorenzo travels to Romania for his mother's funeral and reflects on the strangeness of today's Europe, which masks itself as a beacon of Western civilization while iniquity and exploitation run rampant. With elliptical, piercing prose, Bajani tells a story of abandonment and initiation, of sentimental education and shattered illusions, of unconditional love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Bajani \u003c\/b\u003eis an Italian novelist, journalist, and poet whose work has been translated into many languages. His novel, \u003ci\u003eOgni promessa\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eEvery Promise\u003c\/i\u003e), won the oldest and most prestigious Italian literary award, the Bagutta Prize. His collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eLa vita non è in ordine alfabetico\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Settembrini Prize in 2014. \u003ci\u003eSe consideri le colpe\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eIf You Kept a Record of Sins\u003c\/i\u003e) won the Super Mondello Prize, the Brancati Prize, the Recanati Prize, and the Lo Straniero Prize. He teaches at Rice University in the Department of Classical and European studies.\u003cb\u003e ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: \u003c\/b\u003eElizabeth Harris's translations from Italian include Mario Rigoni Stern's \u003ci\u003eGiacomo's Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e, Giulio Mozzi's \u003ci\u003eThis Is the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, and Antonio Tabucchi's \u003ci\u003eTristano Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Isabel: A Mandala, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStories with Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e. Her prizes include a PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grant, an NEA Translation Fellowship, The Italian Prose in Translation Award, and the National Translation Award for Prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768731894048,"sku":"9781939810960","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/647bff1a2dd5b0d7315a77788497a673.webp?v=1780336087","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-you-kept-a-record-of-sins-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}