Don't Move by Margaret Mazzantini
Timoteo: high-flying career as a surgeon, beautiful wife, luxurious apartment, villa by the sea - he seems the epitome of success and glamour. But then his daughter has an accident and is rushed to the hospital in a coma. A colleague operates on her, and while the agonised Timoteo awaits the outcome, he holds the reader in the vice-like grip of his confession. For, beneath the veneer of his apparently charmed life, there is a story of squalor, degradation, deceit and strange passion. The story of a doomed love affair with a woman who, from the moment Timoteo meets her, undermines everything he thought he knew about himself. Mazzantini's chilling portrait of a supremely self-assured man losing control has taken readers by storm across the world. Highly atmospheric, subtly disturbing, this is a powerful and extraordinary novel.
Highly charged stuff-the writing is tense, taut and very graphic * Daily Telegraph *
Like the ancient mariner, Timoteo's story grips you to the end * Daily Mail *
A psychological study of passion, degradation and guilt..a powerful depiction of the struggle in human nature between the ephemeral quest for love and the quest for self-knowledge * Financial Times *
A powerful, visceral and unforgettable story * Panorama *
Exhilarating * New York Times *
Like the ancient mariner, Timoteo's story grips you to the end * Daily Mail *
A psychological study of passion, degradation and guilt..a powerful depiction of the struggle in human nature between the ephemeral quest for love and the quest for self-knowledge * Financial Times *
A powerful, visceral and unforgettable story * Panorama *
Exhilarating * New York Times *
Margaret Mazzantini was born in Dublin and now lives in Rome. She trained as an actress but left the stage to concentrate on writing. Don't Move is her second novel and won the prestigious Strega Prize. She has three children and is married to the actor Sergio Castelitto, who will star, alongside Penelope Cruz, in the forthcoming film of the book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099462033 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099462036 |
| Title | Don't Move |
| Author | Margaret Mazzantini |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2005-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2006 |
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