{"product_id":"the-anniversary-paperback-by-andrea-bajani","title":"The Anniversary Paperback by Andrea Bajani","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eOther Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-08-25)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781635426182\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e164.43\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.24 x 13.31 x 0.94\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A book that confronts the purity of fact, the tyranny of memory, and the totalitarianism of family like no other.” —Jhumpa Lahiri\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA subtle yet heartrending portrait of an abusive marriage in patriarchal Italy and a son’s liberating decision to cut contact with his parents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan you leave your family behind? Can you slam the door, walk down the stairs, and decide never to see them again? Can you ever escape the grip of your origins?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA son asks himself these questions as he celebrates a bittersweet anniversary: a decade since he saw his parents. Now he finally feels able to tell their story. This is his eloquent account of a family devastated by a father’s violence and the woman who silently accepts him; of an airless relationship, unsettled only by the ringing of a telephone, a visiting classmate, or a friend soon pushed away. And it is the story of a son possessed by the irrepressible desire to be free: to be himself, to live his own life, to open up to others without fear of reprisals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Bajani \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Rome in 1975. He is the author of many award-winning novels, including \u003ci\u003eIf You Kept a Record of Sins\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Homes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Anniversary\u003c\/i\u003e received Italy’s highest literary award, the Strega Prize, in 2025 and will be published in more than thirty countries. Bajani teaches creative writing at Rice University in Houston, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Brock\u003c\/b\u003e is author of three collections of poetry, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and translator of numerous books of poetry, prose, and comics, most recently Giuseppe Ungaretti’s \u003ci\u003eAllegria\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the National Translation Award in Poetry. His awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Cullman Center. He teaches at the University of Arkansas, where he is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Arkansas International\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46925244235937,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781635426182","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781635426182.jpg?v=1787645418","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-anniversary-paperback-by-andrea-bajani","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}