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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Nine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity"--
Rome--metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical--is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine the first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth, and a major literary...
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author.
Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building's elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim's neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access...
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Publisher
Einaudi
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Italiano
Description
"Un'Italia segreta, inquietante in un romanzo che ha il ritmo delle saghe noir americane. Un libro dove i protagonisti sono una banda di giovani delinquenti che decide di conquistare Roma, e diventa un esercito quasi invincibile. Politica, servizi segreti, giudici onesti, poliziotti e il più grande bordello della Capitale in un romanzo basato su una minuziosa documentazione. "-- publisher's or seller's website.
"A disturbing novel that is similar...
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