{"product_id":"archipelago","title":"Archipelago","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Bakopoulos's \u003ci\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking, haunting novel that offers meditations on the slippery borders of nations, languages, middle age, and the self.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way to a translation writing residency on the Dalmatian coast, Archipelago's unnamed narrator has an unsettling, aggressive encounter with a man on a ferry, which sets off a series of strange events. At the residency, she reunites with Luka, an old friend who seems to have included a version of her in his novel. They strike up a romantic relationship as she continues her translation work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hazy summer stretches on until, after a sudden shift, she embarks upon an impulsive road trip back to Greece, crossing borders. Spare and lyrical, with subversions of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and its singular Ithaca, \u003ci\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e charts a wending journey back to the narrator's family house--not simply back to a self and home, but beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1963108302\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781963108309\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Bakopoulos, Natalie, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Aug 2025)","offer_id":45659245641925,"sku":"9781963108309","price":17.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781963108309.jpg?v=1768907334","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/archipelago","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}