{"product_id":"the-end-of-love-marcosgiralt-torrente-9781938073564","title":"The End of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this quartet of mesmerizing stories, Marcos Giralt Torrente explores the confounding, double-edged promise of love. Each finds a man carefully churning over his past, trying to fathom how the distance between people can become suddenly unbridgeable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo tourists visit a remote island off the coast of Africa and are undone by a disconcerting encounter with another couple. A young man, enchanted by his bohemian cousin and her husband, watches them fall into a state of resentful dependence over the course of decades. A chaste but all-consuming love affair between a troubled boy and a wealthy but equally troubled girl leaves a scar that never heals. The son of divorced parents tries in vain to reunite them before realizing why he is wrong to do so. In \u003ci\u003eThe End of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Giralt Torrente forges discomfiting and gripping dramas from the small but consequential misunderstandings that shape our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcosgiralt Torrente\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938073568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938073564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2013 pg. 16","brand":"Marcosgiralt Torrente","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453249433855,"sku":"9781938073564","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d8481c0-a7f1-4629-af85-fea475c10869.jpg?v=1777299084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-end-of-love-marcosgiralt-torrente-9781938073564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}