{"product_id":"stella-descending-linn-ullmann-9781400030941","title":"Stella Descending","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn a warm summer night in Oslo, Martin draws Stella into one of the risky games that have defined their ten years together: a balancing act on the edge of their rooftop, nine stories up. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exquisitely written. . . . As hallucinatory as August heat.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the shouts of horrified onlookers, Stella stumbles, falling for a moment into Martin's arms before plummeting to her death. (Did he try to save her?)\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins Linn Ullmann's transfixing tale of Stella--jealous wife, forbearing lover, angelic nurse, unloved daughter, devoted mother, and finally, a woman possessed of a secret now for-ever lost to the living. As Stella's life unfolds in the recollections of those she has left behind, we observe the fabric of many lives unraveling. And as Stella herself bears witness from a place beyond death, we come to understand how precarious her life was behind its facade of loveliness and order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a quiet power, \u003cb\u003eStella Descending\u003c\/b\u003e gives us the backlit dailiness--and the dark metaphysical underworld--of life in a fabled metropolis. And in brilliantly evoking the loneliness that haunts all our intimacies, it becomes a fable of life everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linn Ullmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400030943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400030941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.16w x 0.55d","brand":"Linn Ullmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518302695679,"sku":"9781400030941","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a68e5a49-a96b-45ee-834a-e6593093bbe4.jpg?v=1778734146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stella-descending-linn-ullmann-9781400030941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}