Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese
Four days of rain trigger strange events across Naples: ghostly voices are heard, musical coins appear. As a journalist searches for meaning, we follow those caught in the floods. This portrait of a much-mythologised city captivated Italy when published in 1977. Withdrawn until Pugliese's death in 2012, it has never before appeared in English.
'This is a book with a meaning and a force and a message' Italo Calvino ---------- 'A marvellous writer!' Roberto Saviano
Nicola Pugliese was born in Milan in 1944, but lived almost all his life in Naples. A journalist, his first and only novel, Malacqua, was published in 1977 by Italo Calvino. It sold out in days, but, at the author's request, was never reprinted until after his death in 2012. ---------- Shaun Whiteside's translations from Italian include Q, 54, Manituana and Altai by Luther Blissett/Wu Ming Foundation, The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, 50 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello and Venice is a Fish and Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa. He also translates from French, German and Dutch. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911508069 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911508067 |
| Title | Malacqua |
| Author | Nicola Pugliese |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | And Other Stories |
| Year published | 2017-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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