{"product_id":"clandestinity-9781646051724","title":"Clandestinity","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this four-story suite, a modern master of Italian literature delves into the wonder and strangeness of the human condition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEerie, fabulist, and elegant, each of Moresco's stories features a central character at a different time of his life: childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. In these beautiful and unsettling narratives, a dreamlike logic governs a vivid and strange physical world. In \"Blue Room,\" the adolescent protagonist carries on a voyeuristic relationship with a blind old woman in a mysterious house. In \"The Hole,\" a young boy becomes fascinated by an outhouse toilet, a portal through which he observes bodily wastes, curiosities, and portents. In the title story, an act of violence deepens the nightmarish tones and mood of disorientation. And in \"The King,\" a child narrator--who may or may not be present--witnesses a horrific visit from an exiled ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of bodily parts, functions, and desires, Moresco's stories distort time and reality to summon a world of carnal immediacy and uncanny haziness. A spectral and unnerving work of art, expertly translated by Richard Dixon, \u003cem\u003eClandestinity\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to Moresco's genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45045477048471,"sku":"9781646051724","price":822.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781646051724.webp?v=1767897776","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/clandestinity-9781646051724","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}