The City of the Living - A literary chronicle narrating one of the most vicious crimes in recent Roman history

About the author

Nicola Lagioia is one of Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelists, and has been the recipient of the Volponi, Straniero, and Viareggio awards, in addition to the Strega. In 2010 he was named one of Italy’s best writers under forty. He has been a jury member of the Venice Film Festival and is the program director of the Turin Book Fair. Lagioia is a contributor to Italy’s most prominent culture pages. He was born in Bari, and lives in Rome. 
Ann Goldstein has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante’s books, including The Story of the Lost Child, which was also shortlisted for the Booker International Prize. She has been honoured with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Lagioia
• Assisted by: Ann Goldstein (Translation), Goldstein Ann (Translation)
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781787703995
• ISBN: 978-1-78770-399-5
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Crime, Prose: non-fiction, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Biography and non-fiction prose, FICTION / World Literature / Italy, Crime and / or mystery fiction