{"product_id":"9781805221944-retail-the-gorgeous-inertia-of-the-earth","title":"The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Molloy, an Irish restorative sculptor meets an Italian sociologist Bernadette Basagni while working on a contemporary-art project in the Alpine city of I_. As he falls in love, a distressing moment from his youth rises into view - when his mother, Sandra, while one night praying alone at a country grotto, has a holy vision that leads to his family's ostracisation and disintegration. The disastrous outfall of this has resonated unchecked through his life.The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth is a novel told in two parts, a decade apart: the first is told in fragments or 'blinks' that lead John to Bologna and Bernadette; the second opens with a letter from home asking him to pray for the speedy death of an dying friend, which sets in motion a day-long odyssey through the ancient streets and churches of Bologna, where John must confront not just his present and his past but also the bedrock of his psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46754463219931,"sku":"9781805221944-RETAIL","price":22.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/efaa0273-bd55-4e1f-bb92-f09475d3d667.jpg?v=1746329946","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781805221944-retail-the-gorgeous-inertia-of-the-earth","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}