{"product_id":"the-beginnings-9781646053957","title":"The Beginnings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first book in Antonio Moresco's colossally disruptive \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGames of Eternity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGiochi dell'eternità) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etrilogy, translated into English for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon its publication in Italy, \u003cem\u003eThe Beginnings\u003c\/em\u003e was exactly that: the dawning of a new era. Like a photo-negative of Franz Kafka, or Virginia Woolf, Moresco's sweeping novel turns the stream-of-consciousness inside out, and offers nothing interior. Here, much like in real life, you will not be privy to the thoughts and feelings of others. Everything must be experienced as it happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom our narrator's undergraduate years in seminary school, to his activities as a member of various Italian political factions, to his attempts to become a writer, \u003cem\u003eThe Beginnings\u003c\/em\u003e is a shapeshifting journey across the 20th century, and across all of literature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16610445\"\u003eAntonio Moresco\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646053957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646053958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/incorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC107000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Italy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntonio Moresco\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Mantua and lives in Milan. Considered one of the founders of modern Italian literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Beginnings\u003c\/em\u003e is his second book to be published by Deep Vellum, after \u003cem\u003eClandestinity\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of short stories. He has gone on to publish several more books, among them the short novel \u003cem\u003eLa cipolla\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/em\u003e), the autobiographical \u003cem\u003eLettere a nessuno\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLetters to No One\u003c\/em\u003e), and \u003cem\u003eDistant Light, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich was published by Archipelago in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Lawton\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, musician, and translator. He is currently working in close collaboration with Vladimir Sorokin to publish all of his untranslated works in English. His translation of Michael Lentz's \u003ci\u003eSchattenfroh\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the most anticipated English-language titles of 2025. Max is also currently working on or has plans to translate works by Antonio Moresco, Stefano D'Arrigo, Alberto Laiseca, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eduard Limonov, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Hans Henny Jahnn, and Miquel de Palol. His first novel \u003ci\u003eProgress\u003c\/i\u003e is coming out with Verso in 2027. His translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e. 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