{"product_id":"the-house-in-smyrna-by-tatiana-salem-levy","title":"The House in Smyrna by Tatiana Salem Levy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom  one of Granta's Best Young Brazilian Novelists comes a startling and  powerful story about returning to one's origins in order to move  forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Rio de Janeiro, a woman suffering from a mysterious  illness, which is eroding her body and mind, decides to accept a  challenge from her grandfather: to take the key to the house where he  grew up — in the Turkish city of Smyrna — and try to open the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs  she embarks on this pilgrimage, she begins to write of her progress.  This writing soon becomes an exploration of her family's legacy of  displacement in Europe, told in several narrative strands. Sifting  through family stories — her grandfather's migration from Turkey to  Brazil, her parents' exile in Portugal under the Brazilian military  dictatorship, her mother's death, and her own love affair with a violent  man — she traces her family's history in a journey to make sense of the  past and to understand her place in it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an epic sweep of  time and place — traversing Brazil, Turkey, and Portugal — this is a  profoundly moving portrait of a young woman finding her way back into  life. Spare, heartfelt, and evocative, \u003ci\u003eThe House in Smyrna\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story from one of the most accomplished and original new voices in Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Tatiana Salem Levy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Wonderful . . . deceptively simple prose carrying a great power of sorrow and, interestingly, hope.'  \u003cb\u003eIan McEwan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Levy's writing is a joy.'  \u003cb\u003eA. L. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'With Tatiana Salem Levy, everything comes directly from the heart: pain, love, desire, death.  A breathtaking novel.'  \u003cb\u003eLa Liberté\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781925106411\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43015226884159,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/11389443482873.jpg?v=1773739898","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-house-in-smyrna-by-tatiana-salem-levy","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}