Terrorism whilst she was a child, and fell in love with Eva’s mother, the beautiful Gerda.ĭecades later, Eva will receive a call from Vito, who announces that he is very ill. Born without a father, the only paternal figure she has ever known is Vito, a soldier from Southern Italy who came to the region to combat Protagonist Eva, a 42-year-old successful PR, knows this only too well. But the local mountains signify more than just ski resorts they hold a dark history, marked by the brutal annexation from Austria to Italy after world war one, and years of persecution of German-speaking minorities and of ensuing terrorism. These include Dacia Maraini ( The Train to Budapest) and Simona Sparacco ( About Time) but in particular Francesca Melandri, a screenwriter whose first debut in English, Eva Sleeps, shines with filmic intensity.Ī bestselling novel back at home and Elle Magazine’s book of the year, it's set in South Tyrol. With all of the hype surrounding Elena Ferrante, once neglected contemporary Italian female writers are now more than ever in the literary spotlight.
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And, with the announcement of a Neapolitan novels TV adaptation, with which Ferrante herself will have creative involvement, Naples will be well and truly in the global spotlight.
Now, Ferrante is our odds-on favourite to win the 2016 International Man Booker Prize for the final novel, The Story of the Lost Child.
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The best-selling series had the whole world gripped, lost in the vivid descriptions of post war Italy, and deeply affected by the lucid tale of trust, tension and devotion between heroines Elena and Lila. The reclusive Italian writer, who uses a pen name and refuses to reveal her own identity, sparked what can only be described as Ferrante Fever with her irresistibly absorbing Neapolitan novels, My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child. Here's our guide to the most exciting new books translated into English. Europeans have always approached their reading material with a cross-pollination of cultures and you don't need to be a poly-linguist to read the very best new books from all around the world. Blame it on our Island isularity or notorious ineptitude at mastering foreign languages. It's a peculiarly British condition to limit reading to our native tongue.
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