{"product_id":"9780008657109_day-the-stunning-new-literary-novel-from-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-michael-cunningham","title":"Day: The stunning new literary novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham","description":"\u003ch2\u003e‘Unsparing and tender’ Colm Tóibín, author of \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘A brilliant novel from our most brilliant of writers’ Colum McCann, author of \u003cem\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘A quietly stunning achievement’ Ocean Vuong, author of \u003cem\u003eOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eAs the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious – and learning to go on.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApril 5th, 2019\u003c\/em\u003e: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, troubled husband and wife, are both a little bit in love with Isabel’s younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, has created a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house – and whose departure threatens to break the family apart. And then there is Nathan, age ten, taking his first uncertain steps toward independence, while Violet, five, does her best not to notice the growing rift between her parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApril 5th, 2020:\u003c\/em\u003e As the world goes into lockdown the brownstone is feeling more like a prison. Violet is terrified of leaving the windows open, obsessed with keeping her family safe. Isabel and Dan circle each other warily, communicating mostly in veiled jabs and frustrated sighs. And beloved Robbie is stranded in Iceland, alone in a mountain cabin with nothing but his thoughts – and his secret Instagram life – for company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApril 5th, 2021\u003c\/em\u003e: Emerging from the worst of the crisis, the family comes together to reckon with a new, very different reality – with what they’ve learned, what they’ve lost, and how they might go on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brilliant mind of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, \u003cem\u003eDay\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, exquisitely crafted meditation on love and loss, and the struggles and limitations of family life – how to live together and apart, and maybe even escape the marriage plot entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Cunningham is one of our great American writers, and here is another masterpiece … Read it and be changed’ Andrew Sean Greer, author of \u003cem\u003eLess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDay, a top-rated psychological fiction by Cunningham, intricately examines the complex relationships between siblings and the devastating aftermath of divorce. The narrative is a profound exploration of human emotions, revealing the complexities of family bonds and the painful reality of separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Colm Tóibín (The Master), Sally Rooney (Beautiful World, Where Are You), Andrew O'Hagan (Mayflies), Elizabeth Strout (Tell Me Everything), and Anne Enright (The Wren, The Wren).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Cunningham, Read by Julianne Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889117548693,"sku":"9780008657109","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008657109.jpg?v=1776888372","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008657109_day-the-stunning-new-literary-novel-from-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-michael-cunningham","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}