{"product_id":"journey-to-the-edge-of-life","title":"Journey to the Edge of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA writer finds solitude and salvation tracing the lives and deaths of three of her literary lights in a haunted and lyrical travelogue from NBCC Award-winner Tezer Özlü.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unnamed writer embarks on an obsessive journey through Europe, drawn to the gravesites of her literary idols--Cesare Pavese, Italo Svevo, Franz Kafka--putting her life, her writing, and her politics in conversation with theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntethered and spirit-like herself, she moves among European cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, and Belgrade. At times there are companions--lovers and others--but she remains steadfast in her solitude. As she is uncannily drawn to Pavese's suicide, her journey transmutes passion for literature into desire for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOccupying a liminal space between past and present, life and death, \u003cem\u003eJourney to the Edge of Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply inquisitive, atmospheric, and rebellious novel that shows what such a journey can mean for a woman who has spent her life within the confines established by others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-13: 9798893380002\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Özlü, Tezer, Freely, Maureen\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2025)","offer_id":46356595671237,"sku":"9798893380002","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9798893380002.jpg?v=1781309387","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/journey-to-the-edge-of-life","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}