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A hard-edged novel that looks ambition straight in the eye and dissects it without flinching. The thirst for power knows no limits, and Annalisa De Simone renders it with virtuosity.
“With his signature sensitivity, Bravi skilfully tackles pressing contemporary issues and delivers a novel that demonstrates he has reached full artistic maturity.” Il Venerdì
“When I danced I felt free, I no longer cared about being unfit: it was me, Grace. Then I would leave the room and the world would attack me”.
A summer that marks the transition between adolescence and adulthood. A stark, at times ruthless, debut novel that evokes Pier Paolo Pasolini and Nicolas Mathieu by taking on the anger of a generation.
“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.
