The Garden of Monsters by Lorenza Pieri
A rural epic about warring families in modern Italy and an intimate bildungsroman of the artists journey
“A perfectly narrated family saga, in which the loves and conflicts of each individual are composed to form a complex, vivid mosaic of the human heart and its revolutions” * Corriere della Sera *
“This book confirms Lorenza Pieri as one of the great narrators of adolescence.” * La Repubblica *
“A luminous voice, of the likes of Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante.” * Vanity Fair *
“This book confirms Lorenza Pieri as one of the great narrators of adolescence.” * La Repubblica *
“A luminous voice, of the likes of Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante.” * Vanity Fair *
Lorenza Pieri is an author, journalist, and translator. She grew up in Tuscany and spent long periods in Paris, Turin, and Rome, where she worked in publishing. She lived for eight years in Washington D.C., where she continued to write own politics and culture for a variety of outlets. Minor Islands (Europa, 2023) was the winner of numerous prizes and has been translated into six languages. Garden of Monsters (Europa, 2020) was a finalist for the Strega Prize. Pieri now lives in Milan. Liesl Schillinger is a literary critic, writer, and translator, and teaches journalism and criticism at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and other publications. She translates from the French, German, and Italian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787702219 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787702219 |
| Title | The Garden of Monsters |
| Author | Lorenza Pieri |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Europa Editions (UK) Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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