{"product_id":"lost-words","title":"Lost Words","description":"Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading.One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd--an elderly, erudite British woman--comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a counterpoint to the only version of reality that he's known. On one level, \u003cem\u003eLost Words\u003c\/em\u003e is an engrossing coming-of-age tale set in the seventies, when Italy was going through tumultuous social changes, and on another, it is a powerful meditation on language, literature, and culture.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833689092301,"sku":"9780811224765","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_4c83ccd4-4011-4815-ba93-a96e7b6f30af.jpg?v=1790892814","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/lost-words","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}