A Month in Siena BOTY_2025 and serves up the real

and serves up the real story behind the most persistent historical myths and fallacies of American history

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things and Wreck

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But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions

2024 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARD BRONZE MEDAL WINNER

A Month in Siena BOTY_2025 and serves up the realFrom the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Return comes a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND EVENING STANDARD After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always finding comfort and clarity in great art, Matar immersed himself in eight significant works from the Sienese