{"product_id":"the-absolutes-a-novel-isbn-9780063282704","title":"The Absolutes: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Read this. Right now.\" —Brandon Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Molly Dektar can write like hell. [\u003cem\u003eThe Absolutes\u003c\/em\u003e] is simply ravishing.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelissa Febos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of Emma Cline and Garth Greenwell, an arresting, seductive novel about one woman’s headlong dive into a reckless affair that leaves her teetering on the edge of sanity. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“In truth, the idea of evil didn’t worry me at all. There were all these checks on it, of romance and restraint. In such a context, evil was intriguing.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nora, a withdrawn American teenager, is sent to live with relatives in Turin, she meets Nicola, the enigmatic son of the most powerful aristocratic family in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, the two reconnect in New York and begin a heated affair. Propelled by disorienting desire, Nora quickly becomes entangled in Nicola’s insular, menacing world of old-world luxury and family secrets. When she suspects she’s being used in a secret plot to overthrow his corrupt father, Nora willfully turns submissive to Nicola, pushing against the boundaries of her own moral limits until she finds herself spiraling on a path of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Absolutes \u003c\/em\u003eis searing, subversive examination of manipulation, obsession, and sexual desire. With unsparing intrigue and ferocity, Dektar proves herself to be one of the most ambitious writers working today.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A Gothic tinge and carefully drawn, elite atmosphere bring to mind Donna Tartt and make Nora’s narration especially fun....\u003cem\u003eThe Absolutes\u003c\/em\u003e makes a strong case for the unreliability of any narrator caught up in romantic obsession.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Read this. Right now.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrandon Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The deep, messy complexities of desire are on full view in \u003cem\u003eThe Absolutes\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perfect for those who like a soupçon of Wittgenstein and a dollop of Meister Eckhart with their sadomasochism.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gorgeous portrait of love, desire, treachery, and intellect. Dektar’s language is sensual and rich with texture, especially in details of the snowy Turin mountainside and the humming streets of New York. Like an alchemist, Dektar balances ethereal moments of intimacy with very pedestrian images of daily life. Readers will be left thinking about this mysterious, dazzling love story long after closing the back cover.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thrilling novel about passion, obsession, and the unraveling of selfhood. Against a lush backdrop of Turin and New York, Molly Dektar skillfully tracks the path of yearning to its ultimate point of collapse. This is a dark, exciting, and wholly seductive work.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAysegül Savas, author of White on White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Absolutes \u003c\/em\u003etakes seriously the ferocity of youth, when no idea is too big, no desire too strong. In vivid prose and precise detail, Dektar evokes the dangerous magnetism that binds people together—and the even more perilous mysteries that keep them from breaking free.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClare Sestanovich, author of Objects of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Absolutes\u003c\/em\u003e is fantastic, a dark, utterly absorbing novel about infatuation and power. It has an elegant, headlong intensity that captures its central affair with style and grace to spare.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Martin, author of Early Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tremendous, discomfiting book charged with both the volatility and indelibility of desire. With vision, courage, and distinctive sorcery, Dektar plumbs richly layered worlds of feeling; the results left me rearranged.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHermione Hoby, author of Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Absolutes\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing, deeply felt portrait of one woman testing the moral limits of intimacy and obsession. In continually stunning prose, Dektar brings to life a thrilling exploration of love and sexual desire.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynn Steger Strong, author of Want and Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Molly Dektar can write like hell. 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