From Publishers Weekly Ammaniti, author of novel-turned-film I'm Not Scared (2003), offers another tale of smalltown southern Italy, this time juxtaposing the growing pains of 12-year-old Pietro Moroni, a "small for his age" kid frequently targeted by bullies, with the romantic prowling of Graziano Biglia, a washed-up flamenco guitarist who returns to his hometown after having his heart broken by a stripper. The novel, narrated in a quasi call-and-response ("His life is sex, drugs and... flamenco. But what's wrong with that? Sure, many people would hate a life like mine. Drifting. Rootless. But I like it") feels awkward at first, but once the reader settles in, Hunt's translation adds welcome depth to seemingly simple folk: Pietro, hungry for social acceptance, gets tricked into vandalizing his school and must suffer the consequences; Graziano, forever scheming an entrée to the big time, loves and leaves skittish schoolteacher Flora Palmieri. Flora, burdened with caring for her sick mother and ill-equipped to deal with the intense fallout from her relationship with Graziano, quickly falls apart once her seducer disappears. Chilling and intimate, Ammaniti's work brings life to a deceptively quiet town and its wealth of eclectic and unsettling residents.
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Niccolò Ammaniti
Niccolò Ammaniti nasceu e vive em Roma. Escreveu os romances <i>Branchie</i>, <i>Ti prendo e ti porto via</i> e <i>Não tenho medo</i>, além da antologia de contos <i>Fango</i>. <i>Como Deus manda</i> recebeu o prêmio Strega, mais importante e disputado da literatura italiana. Nesse romance, expôs o mundo dos excluídos, dos marginalizados e dos brutalizados italianos em uma sociedade consumista. <i>A festa do século</i>, seu livro seguinte, demonstra todo o talento do autor por meio de uma crítica tão criativa quanto impiedosa à sociedade. Com <i>Eu e você</i>, Ammaniti comprova a versatilidade literária que o levou a ser traduzido para mais de quarenta idiomas.
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