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Almarina

English · Hardback

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An Italian novel in translation about the relationship between a teacher and a young Romanian girl serving time on Nisida, Naples juvenile detention centre

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Valeria Parrella was born in 1974 and lives in Naples. Since the publication in 2003 of her debut short story collection, Mosquito and Whale, she has been widely regarded as one of Italy's most exciting authors. She is also the author of the novels The White Space and The Verdict. Almarina was shortlisted for the Strega Prize.

Alex Valente (he/him) is a half-Tuscan, half-Yorkshire white European currently living on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land. He is an award-winning literary translator from Italian into English, though he also dabbles with French. His work has also been published in NYT Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, The Short Story Project, and PEN Transmissions.


Summary

An Italian novel in translation about the relationship between a teacher and a young Romanian girl serving time on Nisida, Naples juvenile detention centre

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An Italian novel in translation about the relationship between a teacher and a young Romanian girl serving time on Nisida, Naples juvenile detention centre

Product details

Authors Valeria Parrella, Parrella Valeria
Publisher John Murray
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.07.2021
 
EAN 9781529352412
ISBN 978-1-5293-5241-2
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 134 mm x 202 mm x 22 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Italy, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

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