{"product_id":"the-noonday-cemetery-and-other-gustaw-herling-9780811216395","title":"The Noonday Cemetery and Other Stories","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Noonday Cemetery \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, selected by Herling himself shortly before his death in 2000, is a collection of thirteen brilliant stories spanning the last twenty years of his life. His novel \u003cem\u003eThe Island\u003c\/em\u003e was published to great acclaim in 1993, and his memoir, \u003cem\u003eA World Apart\u003c\/em\u003e, is among the most powerful accounts of life in the Soviet gulag. \u003cem\u003eVolcano and Miracle\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1996, contains short fiction and prose writings from his \u003cem\u003eJournal Written at Night\u003c\/em\u003e. But nowhere before have Herling's best stories--and Herling was indeed a master of the short story--been compiled and published in English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \"The Noonday Cemetery,\" an eerie graveyard on an Italian hillside overlooks the sea and hides the secrets of a murder (or suicide?). \"Beata, Santa\" describes the plight of a young Polish woman raped by Serbs, who is pressured by the Catholic Church to keep her child. In \"A Madrigal of Mourning,\" a Russian woman musicologist becomes obsessed with Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613), Prince of Venosa, a madrigalist and murderer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These timeless stories, dealing with moral, often historical, subjects and written in passionate, deeply affecting prose, affirm without a doubt the assessment by \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e that Herling is \"a writer of stylistic mastery and moral depth, who deserves to be placed among the best in any language.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gustaw Herling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081121639X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811216395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.82h x 5.40w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2006","brand":"Gustaw Herling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634255687935,"sku":"9780811216395","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2eea1c34-0224-4432-9a5a-619434457ac4.jpg?v=1703588358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-noonday-cemetery-and-other-gustaw-herling-9780811216395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}