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Informationen zum Autor Andrej Longo was born in Ischia and named in homage to Tolstoy's War and Peace . He has published several critically acclaimed short story collections and featured in many anthologies. Ten was longlisted for the Bagutta prize, the Piero Chiara prize and the Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Bergamo. When he isn't writing for theatre, radio or cinema, Andrej Longo works as a pizza-maker in Naples. Klappentext Andrej Longo was born in Ischia and named in homage to Tolstoy¿s War and Peace . He has published several critically acclaimed short story collections and featured in many anthologies. Ten was longlisted for the Bagutta prize, the Piero Chiara prize and the Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Bergamo. When he isn¿t writing for theatre, radio or cinema, Andrej Longo works as a pizza-maker in Naples. "Sparse, simple prose, which is nonetheless poetic and multi-layered in meaning" Press Association "The stark lines of a cartoon world resonate with Longo's spare yet lilting prose (brought delicately to life by Howard Curtis). [Longo's] intimate observations.conjure visions of a city on fire" -- Ted Hodgkinson Times Literary Supplement "An enlightening read. The writing is excellent" Bookmunch Zusammenfassung The Mafia and the Ten Commandments meet in these interlinked short stories about the undebelly of Naples. This title uncovers the raw heart of a city, telling the stories of ordinary people forced to make extraordinary compromises in a place permeated by crime.
