{"product_id":"fate","title":"Fate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Buenos Aires, the lives of four people become quietly intertwined as each struggles to reshape the course of their own life. Karl, a German-born oboist, and his wife Marina, a meteorologist, find their decade-long marriage beginning to unravel after Marina's chance encounter with a fellow researcher. Elsewhere, Amer, a successful taxidermist, unexpectedly falls for the younger Clara after meeting her in a smoking cessation support group, setting in motion a relationship that is as uncertain as it is transformative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith psychological precision and understated wit, Jorge Consiglio explores the intimate moments through which ordinary lives are altered. \u003cem\u003eFate\u003c\/em\u003e is a subtle, deeply human novel about desire, love, disappointment, and the difficult choices required to live authentically, revealing how even the smallest decisions can reshape the course of a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJorge Consiglio is one of Argentina's leading contemporary writers. Known for his finely observed prose and psychological insight, his fiction examines the quiet dramas of everyday life with compassion, intelligence, and understated humour. \u003cem\u003eFate\u003c\/em\u003e is translated from the Spanish by Carolina Orloff and Nick Caistor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharco Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober 28, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Translated Fiction · Argentine Literature · Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781999368463\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188984209590,"sku":"9781999368463","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781999368463.jpg?v=1781625243","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/fate","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}