{"product_id":"the-morningside-paperback","title":"The Morningside - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT?a Obreht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) from the critically beloved, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInland\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht's prose. . . Read in the context of today's conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisions--together more dystopian than any dystopian novel--the book surprised me most with its undercurrent of hope.\"--Jessamine Chan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe School for Good Mothers, \u003c\/i\u003ein \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLIT HUB \u003c\/i\u003eAND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Random House Book Club edition includes an author's note, a discussion guide, and background on the myth that inspired the book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to the Morningside.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia's aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their family's past, and because the once-vibrant city where she lives is now half-underwater. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place where she was born and spent her early years, nor does she fully understand why she and her mother had to leave. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give the young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's lonely and impoverished reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnchanted by Ena's stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in the building: She has her own elevator entrance and leaves only to go out at night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early morning. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStartling, inventive, and profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Morningside\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the stories we tell--and the stories we refuse to tell--to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eT?a Obreht\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger's Wife, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eInland, \u003c\/i\u003ewas an instant bestseller, won the Southwest Book Award, and was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story, \u003c\/i\u003eamong many other publications. Originally from the former Yugoslavia, Obreht now resides in Wyoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154872991807,"sku":"9781984855527","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/E9LyvurvFA9781984855527.webp?v=1776960163","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-morningside-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}