{"product_id":"bright-monday-david-leavitt-9781639738632","title":"Bright Monday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gorgeous-and sexy-evocation of lost love, youthful longing, and the way that time folds and expands many times during a life . . . \u003ci\u003eBright Monday\u003c\/i\u003e is utterly delicious.\" -Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of a 1990s romance between two men rekindled decades later in Milan-from two-time PEN\/Faulkner finalist David Leavitt, \"a phenomenal and prescient writer\" (Justin Torres).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdam is translating into English his Italian friend Valeria's new novel-a surprise bestseller she published under a pseudonym. Two days before he is scheduled to return home from Milan, he leans down to pet an especially sweet terrier and looks up to behold Francesco, the charismatic, rakish architect he hasn't seen in three decades. When Francesco invites Adam to an Easter lunch with his family, including his wife and grandchildren, Adam finds himself drawn back into the affair that began in New York City at the height of the AIDS pandemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlighting alternately on two historical moments, two cities, and two very different pandemics, \u003ci\u003eBright Monday \u003c\/i\u003eexplores with humor and compassion the ripple effects of a youthful entanglement born during one public health crisis and resurrected in the wake of another-a meditation on youth and memory shadowed by secrecy and denial yet illuminated by the persistent and bright possibility of rebirth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Leavitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639738630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639738632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"David Leavitt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48801397047551,"sku":"9781639738632","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bright-monday-david-leavitt-9781639738632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}