Nicola Gardini

Lost Words

Buch

Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading.One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd-an elderly, erudite British woman-comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Moore, Michael F. (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-8112-2476-5
EAN: 9780811224765
Produktnummer: 17543155
Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H20.5 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.1 cm 272 g
Gewicht: 272
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Nicola Gardini lives in Oxford and Milan. Lost Words was awarded the Viareggio Prize and the Zerilli-Marimo/City of Rome Prize. A Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, Gardini teaches Italian literature.