{"product_id":"the-pavese-stone-9781967149087","title":"The Pavese Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Judith Vollmer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Death, Grief, Loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by the legacy of Cesare Pavese, Judith Vollmer's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pavese Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e unfolds across the Italian countryside and burrows deep into the interior landscapes of memory, mortality, and connection. This is a vivid, haunting, and intimate meditation on the porous boundary between life and death, the longing for communion, the brutality of reality, and the quiet grace that resides within it. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, fortitude, elegy, and quiet dignity are interwoven with a profound desire for expansion. Vollmer's poems offer a sharp attentiveness to the textures of daily life, remaining firmly grounded in the physical world even as the speaker questions the soul's place within it. This is a book of deep listening and keen observation, where even the smallest gesture--such as severing the leather cords of a tethered owl--becomes an act of radical grace. \u003cem\u003eThe Pavese Stone\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us of the power in meeting another's gaze and truly witnessing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear the end, Vollmer invites the reader to embrace and celebrate the ceremony of what one might even consider an unceremonious life: \u003cem\u003e\"Here is a ring I would slide onto your finger, \/ a plain thread.\" \u003c\/em\u003eThe poems of \u003cem\u003eThe Pavese Stone \u003c\/em\u003efind their beauty in the ordinary, elevating moments of stillness and loss into sacred space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592599388311,"sku":"9781967149087","price":1383.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781967149087.webp?v=1774978396","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-pavese-stone-9781967149087","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}