{"product_id":"estate-cynthia-zarin-9781250448200","title":"Estate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the celebrated poet and author of the critically acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eInverno\u003c\/i\u003e comes a mesmerizing new novel, \u003ci\u003eEstate.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline, separated from her husband, finds herself drawn to Lorenzo, who has not one but two other lovers. In these propulsive pages, Caroline herself speaks during a summer of erotic intensity and crisis, recording the stories of seduction, deception, and make-believe she and Lorenzo tell each other--but how true are any of them? Not a sequel to Cynthia Zarin's \u003ci\u003eInverno\u003c\/i\u003e but an astounding mirror image in which revelations and responsibilities collide, \u003ci\u003eEstate\u003c\/i\u003e is a tight, compressed tour de force that sweeps across time and space, from New Guinea to word games, Italian cinema to communication theory, bringing to mind Annie Ernaux and Elena Ferrante, charting the exigencies of desire--and asking how can a person disappear in a hall of stories and reflections? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMany of your stories are about this, how you acquired the last thing you wanted\u003c\/i\u003e, says Caroline to Lorenzo. But what does Caroline want? How elastic is love? Of \u003ci\u003eInverno\u003c\/i\u003e, Sigrid Nunez wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"To see the chaos of suffering shaped into something beautiful is one of the main reasons we turn to art.\" In \u003ci\u003eEstate\u003c\/i\u003e, a summer counterpart to wintry \u003ci\u003eInverno\u003c\/i\u003e, Caroline reassembles her field of vision from a trove of gleaming shards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Zarin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250448204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250448200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Cynthia Zarin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137267413247,"sku":"9781250448200","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8171eb4a-09cc-461e-82b4-21dac1485b01.jpg?v=1770167694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/estate-cynthia-zarin-9781250448200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}