{"title":"Books by Esther Kinsky","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781804270035","title":"Rombo","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn May and September 1976, two earthquakes ripped through north-eastern Italy, causing severe damage to the landscape and its population. About a thousand people died under the rubble, tens of thousands were left without shelter, and many ended up leaving their homes in Friuli forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe displacement of material as a result of the earthquakes was enormous. New terrain was formed that reflects the force of the catastrophe and captures the fundamentals of natural history. But it is far more difficult to find expression for the human trauma, the experience of an abruptly shattered existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRombo\u003c\/em\u003e, Esther Kinsky’s sublime new novel, seven inhabitants of a remote mountain village talk about their lives, which have been deeply impacted by the earthquake that has left marks they are slowly learning to name. From the shared experience of fear and loss, the threads of individual memory soon unravel and become haunting and moving narratives of a deep trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205637308594,"sku":"9781804270035","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804270035.jpg?v=1786026579"},{"product_id":"9781804271162","title":"Seeing Further","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile travelling through the Great Alföld, the vast plain in south-eastern Hungary, Esther Kinsky stops in a small town near the Romanian border. Like many other things, the cinema, ‘mozi’ in Hungarian, has long since closed. Entranced by the decaying mozi, she soon embarks on the colossal task of reviving it, compelled by the irresistible magic of the cinema, a site rooted in ritual that is steadily disappearing. Beautifully translated by Caroline Schmidt, Seeing Further is a powerfully eloquent declaration of love to the cinema and the collective experience of watching by Esther Kinsky, one of Germany’s most important contemporary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581716918450,"sku":"9781804271162","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804271162_7f981765-25ce-4a27-ae88-bbde1c101e1b.jpg?v=1786026633"},{"product_id":"9781913097288","title":"Grove","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unnamed narrator, recently bereaved, travels to Olevano, a small village south-east of Rome. It is winter, and from her temporary residence on a hill between village and cemetery, she embarks on walks and outings, exploring the banal and the sublime with equal dedication and intensity. Seeing, describing, naming the world around her is her way of redefining her place within it. Written in a rich and poetic style, \u003cem\u003eGrove\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisite novel of grief, love and landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309143732597,"sku":"9781913097288","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781913097288_665eadd1-0b5a-4efa-bb7f-5bb6b1c29065.jpg?v=1786030882"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-esther-kinsky.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}