{"product_id":"the-city-at-low-volume-ivano-pezzoli-9798298701402","title":"The City at Low Volume: People","description":"A city recognizable by its small sounds: Mari's kettle, the brakes of the 9, streetlight 23 vibrating in the cold. In this book, lives flow at a low volume: a caregiver no one sees, a separated father in corridors of toner, a rider stuck on his bonus, a mother in front of a changed cylinder, a boy on a dinghy who doesn't like the sea, a bench that holds scraps together, an emergency room that binds even silences, an attic full of gold that doesn't heat. Stories that ask for no mercy: they show objects, smells, brief gestures. The rest is up to the reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll find inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStories set in the same city\u003c\/b\u003e, linked by thin threads (the golden blanket, Line 9, streetlight 23, Via Odoacre, Lane 9).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSterling and musical prose\u003c\/b\u003e: essential dialogue, no clichés, no pornography of pain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmpathy without rhetoric\u003c\/b\u003e: dignity comes from short screws, clothespins, cups left \"for later.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImplicit social critique\u003c\/b\u003e: precariousness, bureaucracy, loneliness, power that mirrors itself but doesn't warm up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoices that remain\u003c\/b\u003e: Ramona at the counter, Ettore on the bench, Elena in the ward, Ahmed in the saddle, Davide among the lawyers... and others you might have encountered this morning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause it's worth it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause it \u003cb\u003eshows\u003c\/b\u003e, doesn't explain.\u003cbr\u003eBecause it restores the \u003cb\u003eright measure\u003c\/b\u003e of things: stopping before the crash, saying enough when necessary, saving a place for those who arrive later.\u003cbr\u003eBecause it's a book that \u003cb\u003eis read with the nose\u003c\/b\u003e (warm bread, ammonia, detergent, rain in -1) and \u003cb\u003eremembered with the hands\u003c\/b\u003e (a coin tightening a screw, a blanket on the knees). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo those who speak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo those who know cities from the bus stop, to those who work shifts, to those who have learned that courage makes no noise, to those who seek true stories without sermons. If you like stories that linger like smells and details, there's a place for you here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpen the book, sit on \u003cb\u003ebench 9\u003c\/b\u003e, place two fingers on \u003cb\u003e23\u003c\/b\u003e. No explanations needed: gestures are enough. Then close it gently: what holds, stays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivano Pezzoli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798298701402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Ivano Pezzoli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997108351231,"sku":"9798298701402","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-at-low-volume-ivano-pezzoli-9798298701402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}