{"product_id":"9781805221944","title":"The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN IRISH INDEPENDENT AND IRISH TIMES BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025'An original voice' Colm Tóibín'Duncan brings a new way of seeing' Irish Times'A deliberative and delicate reading experience, revelatory in the truest sense of that word' GuardianDuring winter season in a secluded Alpine city, John Molloy, an Irish restorative sculptor, meets Bernadette, an enigmatic Italian sociologist. As John falls in love, a distressing moment from his youth rises into view, the disastrous fallout of which has reverberated unchecked through his life.   Years later, a letter from home arrives, asking him to pray for the speedy death of an ailing friend. Over a day-long odyssey through the ancient streets and churches of Bologna, John is forced to confront his present, his past and the bedrock of his psyche. A delicately crafted novel of two halves, a decade apart, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth is a masterful excavation of human desires, inhibitions, and the patterns of habit to which we unwittingly fall prey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52915599507790,"sku":"9781805221944","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781805221944_ff4c4fe1-cf81-427c-be86-919bf8183936.jpg?v=1753205848","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781805221944","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}