M: Son of the Century

Informationen zum Autor Antonio Scurati was born in Naples in 1969 and lives in Milan. He is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Creative writing at the IULM University in Milan and a columnist for Corriere della Sera. He is the author of various novels which have won an array of literary prizes in Italy, and M: The Son of the Century is the first to be translated into English. The first in a quartet of novels about Mussolini and the rise of fascism, it was the winner of the 2019 Strega award and has been translated into forty languages. Klappentext THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'An anti-fascist history lesson disguised as a novel'New York Times 'Extraordinary'TLS 'A masterpiece' Roberto Saviano Zusammenfassung THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ‘An anti-fascist history lesson disguised as a novel’ New York Times ‘Extraordinary’ TLS ‘The novel Italy has been waiting for. A masterpiece’ Roberto Saviano A startling look into the fascist mindset, a portrait of unrelenting determination, and an impeccable work of historical fiction. M tells the story of the rise of fascism from within the mind of its founder. A gripping and masterful exposé, it explores Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and a movement that, amidst a failing democracy, came to shape the world. ‘ Panoptic and polyphonic , Scurati’s book gives us the experiences of the fearful and the feared, the rhetoric of both the revolutionaries and the reactionaries … an immense mosaic ’ Lucy Hughes-Hallett, New Statesman ‘An indisputable literary achievement … Italo Calvino would have loved it ’ El Paìs

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Scurati
• Assisted by: Anne Milano Appel (Translation)
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.06.2022
• EAN: 9780008363239
• ISBN: 978-0-00-836323-9
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 50 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book; FICTION / War & Military, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Political, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Politics, Political / legal thriller, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Alternative history fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events