{"product_id":"separate-rooms","title":"Separate Rooms","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 'I want everyone to read it; I want to press it into people's hands. Surely one of the best novels I've ever read' \u003cstrong\u003eANDREW SEAN GREER, author of \u003cem\u003eLess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 'A novel of dignified beauty' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e'A stunning novel . . . prepare to be deeply moved' \u003cstrong\u003eJACK PARLETT, author of \u003cem\u003eFire Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e'A discreet, lyrical meditation on the nature of male love' \u003cstrong\u003eEDMUND WHITE\u003c\/strong\u003e Thomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.  He travels through Europe where past and present overlap, years merge and faces emerge - and where reminders of the life he and Thomas shared are on every corner. Leo's memories become clearer with every road he takes, much as he wishes he could simply forget. Wanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with the impossible striving of memory to recreate life and, ultimately, cross an ocean to find the strength to go on.  André Aciman's \u003cem\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/em\u003e meets Ocean Vuong's \u003cem\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eSeparate Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is a singular and unforgettable meditation on almost-ideal love, told in three musical movements, by a fiery and unforgettable literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787043074227,"sku":"9781399734509","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477347089781399734509.jpg?v=1762813780","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/separate-rooms","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}