{"product_id":"sotto-voce-book-nilo-cruz-9781559365062","title":"Sotto Voce","description":"Exquisite, dreamlike. The poetry of Cruz's writing is what those who love his work cite most often about his style, and \u003ci\u003eSotto Voce\u003c\/i\u003e has that. It also contains passages that are realistic, whimsical, sensual and heartbreaking. Cruz may be that rarity, a poet of the stage, but he is first and foremost a dramatist.\u003cbr\u003e--Christine Dolen, \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe millennium, New York City. Bemadette Kahn, an eighty-year-old German-born writer, spends her days in her apartment, trying to forget the past. Until Saquiel Rafaeli, a young Jewish-Cuban researcher, appears on her doorstep, forcing her to confront those haunted memories. He's eager to learn about Bemadette's long-lost lover, Ariel Strauss, who set sail in 1939 aboard the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis\u003c\/i\u003e, never to be seen again. With layered lyrical language and vibrant intimacy, \u003ci\u003eSotto Voce\u003c\/i\u003e is an imaginative exploration of the power of memory, love and human connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNilo Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eAnna in the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eBeauty of the Father, Two Sisters and a Piano, Lorca in a Green Dress, Dancing on Her Knees, Night Train to Bolina\u003c\/i\u003e and other works.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50381387235601,"sku":"CIN1559365064G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037373890833,"sku":"NIN9781559365062","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51845450531089,"sku":"CIN1559365064VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1559365064.jpg?v=1750894904","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/products\/sotto-voce-book-nilo-cruz-9781559365062","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}