{"product_id":"lexicon-of-affinities-ida-vitale-9781913867591","title":"Lexicon of Affinities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA prowl through words reveals the unstable character of the cosmos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith entries as varied as 'elbow', 'Ophelia', 'progress', the painter Giorgio Morandi, 'chess', 'Eulalia' (a friend of the author's aunt), and 'unicorn', Ida Vitale constructs a dictionary of her long and passionately engaged artistic life. Taking the reader by the arm, she invites us to become her confidant, sharing her remarkable 20th century as a member of a storied generation of Latin American writers, of whom she is the last remaining alive. It's a compendium of friendship, travel, reading, and the endless opportunities she found for 'the joyful possibility of creation.' Like every dictionary, \u003cem\u003eLexicon of Affinities\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to impose order on chaos, even if in its exuberant, whimsical profusion it lays bare the unstable character of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ida Vitale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913867595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913867591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Ida Vitale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489619497215,"sku":"9781913867591","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abc7f2ca-d2c1-4214-88cf-4a8b00bbd492.jpg?v=1736954080","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lexicon-of-affinities-ida-vitale-9781913867591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}