Dark Heart - The stunning, evocative international bestseller - a story of love, guilt, betrayal and atonement

About the author

Silvia Avallone (1984) was born in Biella and lives in Bologna. She has published the international bestseller Acciaio (2010, winner of several prizes, finalist at Premio Strega and adapted into a movie), Marina bellezza (2013), Da dove la vita è perfetta (2017) and Un'amicizia (2020). Her novels are translated in over thirty countries worldwide.Lucy Rand is an editor and translator of Italian fiction, including The Phone Box at the Edge of the World and The Library of Heartbeats by Laura Imai Messina, The Art of Binding People by Paolo Milone and Tangerinn by Emanuela Anechoum. She currently lives in Norwich.

Product details

• Authors: Silvia Avallone
• Assisted by: Lucy Rand (Translation)
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 18.06.2026
• EAN: 9781786584717
• ISBN: 978-1-78658-471-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Women, Fiction & related items, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Literary, Northern Italy, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Love and relationships