{"product_id":"italian-shoes-9781595585080","title":"Italian Shoes","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander series delivers a “short, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming novel” about the path to self-acceptance (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From the prize-winning “master of atmosphere” comes the surprising and affecting story of a man well past middle age who suddenly finds himself on the threshold of renewal (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Living on a tiny island that is surrounded by ice during the long winter months, Fredrik Welin is so lost to the world that he cuts a hole in the ice every morning and lowers himself into the freezing water to remind himself that he is alive. Haunted by memories of the terrible mistake that drove him to this island and away from a successful career as a surgeon, he lives in a stasis so complete that an anthill grows undisturbed in his living room.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When an unexpected visitor disrupts this frigid existence, Frederik begins an eccentric, elegiac journey—one that displays the full height of Henning Mankell’s storytelling powers. A deeply human tale of loss and redemption, \u003ci\u003eItalian Shoes \u003c\/i\u003eis “a voyage into the soul of a man” expertly crafted with “snares that Mankell has hidden with a hunter’s skill inside this spectral landscape” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Beautiful.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A fine meditation on love and loss.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Intense and precisely detailed. . . . A hopeful account of a man released from self-imposed withdrawal.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The creator of police detective Kurt Wallander presents a tale of mortal reckoning in which all the deaths are natural but none the less powerful.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Henning Mankell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284121563387,"sku":"9781595585080","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_804f666b-900b-4fa1-be14-c0cec0a693a4.jpg?v=1776373948","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/italian-shoes-9781595585080","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}