Solitary

We learn more every year about the damaging effects of solitary confinement. This unquestionably cruel and unusual punishment leaves prisoners with no human contact, sometimes for years at a time, and it nearly always leads to lasting trauma. In Solitary, Maurizio Torchio takes on the daunting task of narrating this most isolating experience, one in which the captive is not only cut off from society in the walls of a prison, but from human contact itself. Within this closed world seemingly out of time, the prisoner still yearns for human contact. Ultimately, this desire is a form of hope, reminding us that ineluctable human qualities survive even in the most inhumane spaces.

About the author

Maurizio Torchio is an Italian author based in Milan. He is the author of a collection of short stories and two novels. Anne Milano Appel is an award-winning translator.

Summary

A powerful examination of the torture that is solitary confinement.

Product details

• Authors: Maurizio Torchio
• Assisted by: Anne Milano Appel (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780857426079
• ISBN: 978-0-85742-607-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 136 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Italian List; Italian List
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature