{"product_id":"the-variations-paperback","title":"The Variations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Donatich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling sympathy of the faiths that fill the gap between who we set out to be and who we ultimately become\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful debut novel about a priest who has lost his church, his mentor, and, most upsetting, his ability to pray. How can Father Dominic protect or guide his parish when everything he loves falls away? How can he counsel Dolores, a troubled teenager prone to emotional panic and spiritual monomania? Or James, a promising African American pianist, struggling to realize his artistic ambitions by bringing his own voice to a piece that has been played by the world's most brilliant pianists, Bach's \u003ci\u003eGoldberg Variations\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInto this malaise comes Andrea, a sophisticated New York editor attracted at first by Dom's blog and then by the man himself. Dom's journey from the cloth into the secular world will offer carnal knowledge, but also something deeper, a more resistant knowledge as life fails to offer happiness or redemption. In prose both searching and muscular, John Donatich's \u003ci\u003eThe Variations\u003c\/i\u003e has located the right metaphor for our spiritual crisis in this story of one man's spiritual disillusion and ache for self-knowledge.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Donatich\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Yale University Press. His essays and occasional pieces have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Variations\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67853369278781,"sku":"9781250022295","price":29.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/3356\/3709\/files\/XRaISqZwb-9781250022295.webp?v=1793297359","url":"https:\/\/thelordsnest.com\/products\/the-variations-paperback","provider":"The Lord's Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}