{"product_id":"black-september","title":"Black September","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling, devastating coming-of-age story by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As I read \u003ci\u003eBlack September,\u003c\/i\u003e I kept thinking of Fellini's great film, \u003ci\u003eAmarcord \u003c\/i\u003e- the young boy's world, the eccentricity, the colour, the brilliance. It's a gem of a novel; I loved it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRODDY DOYLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A perfect novel . . . Melancholic and playful . . . Veronesi proves himself a master'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLA STAMPA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A luminous declaration of love for the fragile fault lines that shape us'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCORRIERE DELLA SERA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A novel on a tightrope . . . Between a nostalgic portrait of an Italy marked by the turbulence of the seventies and a psychological thriller, \u003ci\u003eBlack September\u003c\/i\u003e is a strangely addictive novel that leaves the reader changed'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eL'ECHOS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent . . . Pure delight'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer, 1972. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt his family's summer house in Versilia, Tuscany, twelve-year-old Gigio Bellandi's life is changing: caught on the cusp of adolescence, he finds the familiar places and people newly strange and intoxicating. As he discovers the adult thrills of music and reading, Gigio begins to learn who he is and to see his family without the veils of childhood. And when Astel Raimondi enters his orbit - a girl who kindles dreams and feelings he could never have imagined - his young existence is changed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut every new chapter is also an ending, though it is harder to recognise at the time. And as an unexpected storm starts to threaten the golden days of summer, Gigio's world will be overturned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReconstructing that lost season with vivid intensity, \u003ci\u003eBlack September \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about the fragility of innocence, the irreversible bloom of first love and the strange wonder of self-discovery, from one of European literature's greatest storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A languid, wistful work that tenderly explores the facets of childhood's endless summers . . . Veronesi's Italian prose excels at capturing the soft, hazy slowness of family holidays and the radiant selfishness of adolescence'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eL'EXPRESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Truly brilliant . . . As in Annie Ernaux's \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e, private events are interwoven with public ones'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eREPUBBLICA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[\u003ci\u003eBlack September\u003c\/i\u003e] has everything: a vivid setting, jaw-dropping plot twists, dramatic tension that just builds and builds, and, best of all, characters worth not just caring about but suffering with'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICHARD RUSSO, AUTHOR OF \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEMPIRE FALLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Sandro Veronesi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Veronesi truly knows and loves all matters of the heart'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN MCEWAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most skilful and profound Italian storytellers of the past thirty years'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOMENICO STARNONE\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56708791533912,"sku":"9781399748544","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399748544.jpg?v=1780035377","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/black-september","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}