“Those ages or places or occasions in life when you feel such deep hatred for yourself that the only possibility is to be reborn”.
Valeria Parrella
“A journey to discover who we are when everything falls apart and what binds us to life”.
Style
“Bandinelli writes with precise and therefore brutal intelligence about the life of a woman who is very much like all of us”.
Ilaria Gaspari
"She is green and sharp, like a young tree. The spine protruding through her T-shirt looks like a mountainous landscape, the tallest peaks rising like so many goals to be reached."
“A ironic, at times exhilarating, at times bitter novel about mass tourism hunting for ‘authenticity”.
Io Donna
“Without trying to judge or acquit, with an unsual point of view regarding criminal narrative, Aloia has the courage to reveal herself.”
Corriere del Mezzogiorno
The she-cyclopes see the world through one eye only: just when they run after happiness, they claim their right to unhappiness.
Embarking on a letter-long journey through memory, love, and life.