My Stupid Intentions

A stunning, ambitious novel that follows an unusual protagonist--a beech marten, a kind of weasel, who learns to read and write, discovers God and time, and develops a keen sense of self that makes him seem almost human. Even as Archy’s life is transformed by his discovery of the written word and his grappling with the entity called God, he longs for an existence guided by instinct. He longs to be “a real animal.” But there is no way of unlearning what he has learned. Caught between his natural urges and his acquired knowledge, he seeks the meaning of his story by writing it. This debut novel by the young Italian author Bernardo Zannoni is set in a primordial landscape where animals talk and tend their hearths but are never free from the struggle for survival. A picaresque fable, it has drawn comparisons to

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alex Andriesse, Bernardo Zannoni
• Editore: NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 13.06.2023
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9781681377285
• ISBN: 978-1-68137-728-5
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.6 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm