| Author: | Donatella Di Pietrantonio | ISBN: | 9780993238031 |
| Publisher: | Calisi Press | Publication: | November 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Calisi Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donatella Di Pietrantonio |
| ISBN: | 9780993238031 |
| Publisher: | Calisi Press |
| Publication: | November 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Calisi Press |
| Language: | English |
Moving and unsentimental story of inner reconstruction after a devastating loss
Shortlisted for the prestigious Premio Strega in Italy in 2014, this is the story of a broken family coming to terms, in the aftermath of the earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009, with the loss of one of them - a twin sister, a daughter, a mother - while living in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city. The terse and clean voice of the spiky, single, thirty-something female narrator wards off sentimentality while guiding us through the inner reconstruction undertaken by each character individually and by the family as a whole, letting us witness the extraordinary poetic power of love and the renewal of hope.
Moving and unsentimental story of inner reconstruction after a devastating loss
Shortlisted for the prestigious Premio Strega in Italy in 2014, this is the story of a broken family coming to terms, in the aftermath of the earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009, with the loss of one of them - a twin sister, a daughter, a mother - while living in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city. The terse and clean voice of the spiky, single, thirty-something female narrator wards off sentimentality while guiding us through the inner reconstruction undertaken by each character individually and by the family as a whole, letting us witness the extraordinary poetic power of love and the renewal of hope.
