A sharply beautiful and moving masterpiece about love and death by the classic Italian author ofA Silence Shared.

Upon the death of her husband, Innocenzo Monti, Lalla Romano sought to distil the essence of their long life together. The result wasIn Farthest Seas: a piercingly intimate retelling of the first four years and final four months of their relationship, built from shard-like moments of connection and revelation.

With precise artistry, Romano braids together seemingly minor details – the expressiveness of Innocenzo’s hands, the beauty of his face in sleep, a fleeting instance of pallor – that come to reveal the barest truths of life and death. Unsparing yet tender, minimal yet monumental,In Farthest Seasis a startlingly moving elegy for a great love by a vital Italian writer.